"I knew the barriers were going to be broken down eventually and felt the more applicants, the better the chances would be for each person"
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People from New York CityWomen born in the 1910s20th-century African-American womenNurses from the United States
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Phyllis Mae Dailey
Phyllis Mae Dailey (March 12, 1919 – October 31, 1976) was an American nurse and officer who became the first African American woman either to serve in the United States Navy or to become a commissioned Navy officer. An alumna of the Lincoln School for Nurses and Teachers College, Columbia University, she was sworn into the Navy Nurse Corps as an ensign on March 8, 1945. She left the service on May 9, 1951, having earned the rank of lieutenant (junior grade).
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