Charlotte Winters
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Charlotte Louise Berry Winters (November 10, 1897 – March 27, 2007) was, at age 109, the last surviving female American veteran of The First World War.
Biography
She was born Charlotte Louise Berry in
civil servant
. Winters served as a secretary, and retired in 1953.
Winters helped to found the National Yeoman (F) Association in 1926 and served as its eighth commander in 1940 and 1941. She was active in the American Legion for 88 years.
She died, aged 109, in a
Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland.[1][2] At the time of her death, she was the oldest living World War I veteran in the US, leaving only three living World War I female veterans left in the world, then-108-year-old Gladys Powers, 107-year-old Ivy Campany and 106-year-old Florence Green, who served for the United Kingdom
.
See also
- Women In Military Service For America Memorial
- Marie Odee Johnson
- Loretta Perfectus Walsh
References
- ^ Hevesi, Dennis (30 March 2007). "Charlotte Winters, 109, a Navy Enlistee in World War I, Dies". U.S. The New York Times.
- ^ Holley, Joe (March 31, 2007). "History buff was First World War sailor". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec: CanWest MediaWorks Publications. Washington Post. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Portrait Exhibit Puts Face on First World War
- Last Known Yeoman (F) Laid To Rest Archived 2007-09-13 at the Wayback Machine (Charlotte Louise Berry Winters) 30 March 2007.
- The End of an Era: The Last Surviving World War I Woman Veteran Dies. Article from the Women In Military Service For America Memorial.
- New York Times Obituary
- USA Today obituary
- SFGate obituary
- Baltimore Sun obituary[permanent dead link]
- Associated Press article
- "Charlotte Winters". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
- Female World War I Vet Celebrates 109th Birthday