Comments on: Frances Wills and Harriet Ida Pickens, First African-American Women to become WAVES Officers (1944) https://americacomesalive.com/frances-wills-and-harriet-ida-pickens-first-african-american-women-to-become-waves-officers-1944/ Quick Takes and Popular Postings about America's Past Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:26:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: December 21, 1944 – Global Women's History https://americacomesalive.com/frances-wills-and-harriet-ida-pickens-first-african-american-women-to-become-waves-officers-1944/#comment-375571 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 23:25:01 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=4601#comment-375571 […] “Frances Wills (left) and Harriet Ida Pickens being sworn in as Apprentice Seamen by Lieutenant Rosamond D. Selle, USNR, at New York City. In December 1944, they became the Navy’s first African-American “WAVES” officers.” Photo Credit: The American Solider Frances Wills and Harriet Ida Pickens, First African-American Women to become WAVES Officers (1944) […]

]]> By: Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995) - America Comes Alive https://americacomesalive.com/frances-wills-and-harriet-ida-pickens-first-african-american-women-to-become-waves-officers-1944/#comment-334473 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:39:40 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=4601#comment-334473 […] The Navy made headlines in World War II when they added the first two African American women to ever become WAVE officers. […]

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