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2nd Class Ruth C. Isaacs, Katherine Horton, and Inez Patterson

In 1945, these pioneering women became the first Black Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) to enter Hospital Corps School at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.

Last Updated: 7 April 2022

  

 

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