Edith DeVoe
Edith DeVoe | |
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Birth name | Edith Mazie DeVoe |
Born | Washington, D. C. | October 24, 1921
Died | November 17, 2000 Laurel, Prince George's County, Maryland | (aged 79)
Buried | |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1940–1960 |
Edith DeVoe (October 24, 1921 – November 17, 2000) was an American nurse. She was the second black woman admitted to serve in the United States Navy Nurse Corps during World War II, was the first black nurse to be admitted to the regular Navy, and was the first black nurse to serve in the Navy outside the mainland United States.
Early life
Edith Mazie DeVoe was born on October 24, 1921
Career
DeVoe began her career working for the
In 1949, DeVoe earned the rank of Lieutenant (JG) and was assigned to the St. Albans Naval Hospital in the Queens borough of Long Island.[11] The following year, she became the first black nurse assigned to a duty station outside the U.S. mainland,[8] when she was sent to the Tripler Army-Navy Hospital, one of the few medical centers serving multiple service branches. Her assignment there, was to assist with the evacuees and injured serving in the Korean War. On May 1, 1952, DeVoe became a full Lieutenant and in August was transferred to the naval hospital in Pasadena, California.[4] She was in a car accident in 1955, while serving at the Oakland Naval Hospital[12] and on 1 April 1956, she was placed on the temporary disabilities list.[7] She returned to duty and retired from military service in 1960 in Oakland, returning to Washington, D. C.[6]
Death and legacy
DeVoe died from lung cancer on November 17, 2000, at Cherry Lane Nursing Center in Laurel, Prince George's County, Maryland[6] and was buried at Quantico National Cemetery in Triangle, Virginia.[1]
References
Citations
- ^ a b U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 2014.
- ^ a b U.S. Census 1930, p. 5A.
- ^ a b The Washington Post 1994.
- ^ a b c d e Cromer 1952, p. 5.
- ^ U.S. Census 1940, p. 1B.
- ^ a b c d The Washington Post 2000.
- ^ a b c Sterner 1997, p. 194.
- ^ a b Sobocinski 2014.
- ^ The Pittsburgh Courier 1948, p. 1.
- ^ House of Representatives Hearings 1948, pp. 5733–5734.
- ^ The New York Age 1949, p. 4.
- ^ The Bakersfield Californian 1955, p. 15.
Bibliography
- Cromer, Lucille (August 9, 1952). "Navy Nurse Breezes In, Filled With Island Magic".
- Sobocinski, Andre (February 24, 2014). "A Brief History of African-American Navy Nurses". Navy.Mil. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 4 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- Sterner, Doris M. (1997). In and Out of Harm's Way: A history of the Navy Nurse Corps. Seattle, Washington: Peanut Butter Publishing. ISBN 0-89716-706-6.
- "1930 U.S. Census, District of Columbia, Police Precinct 5". FamilySearch. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. April 3, 1930. p. 5A. NARA microfilm series T626, roll 295, lines 41–46. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- "1940 U.S. Census, District of Columbia, Police Precinct 13, Freedman's Hospital". FamilySearch. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. April 3, 1940. p. 1B. NARA microfilm series T627, roll 571, lines 58–59. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- "Devoe, Edith M". Nationwide Gravesite Locator. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. June 18, 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
Devoe, Edith M: Lt. US Navy, World War II, Korea (10/24/1921-11/17/2000), Quantico National Cemetery, section 15 site 431
- "Edith Marie [sic] DeVoe". The Washington Post. Washington, D. C. November 23, 2000. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- "In Regular Navy". Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
- "Luncheon for the Lady Lieutenant".
- "Near Greenfield". Bakersfield, California:
- "Sadie Frances Dent DeVoe". The Washington Post. Washington, D. C. March 18, 1994. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- "Statement of Hon. Adam C. Powell, United States Representative in Congress, Twenty-Second District, State of New York". Subcommittee hearings on S. 1641, to establish the Women's Army Corps in the Regular Army, to authorize the enlistment and appointment of women in the regular Navy and Marine Corps and the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve, and for other purposes/House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee no. 3, Organization and Mobilization (Report). Washington, D. C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1948. pp. 5733–5736. OCLC 22372937. No. 238.