- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (14 video files (6 hr., 33 min., 41 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- U.S. Army General Clara Mae Leach Adams-Ender was born on July 11, 1939 in Willow Springs, North Carolina. Adams-Ender earned her degree in nursing at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 1961 and then joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. In 1967, she became the first woman to receive an Expert Medical Field Badge. In 1975, Adams-Ender entered the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, where she became the first woman to earn a Master of Military Art and Science degree in 1976. She graduated from the U.S. Army War College in 1982, the first African American Nurse Corps officer in the Army to do so. Adams-Ender was promoted to Brigadier-General and Chief of the Army Nurse Corps in 1987. In 1991, she was appointed Commanding General, Fort Belvoir, Virginia and later served as Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Military District of Washington until retiring in 1993.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Gen. Clara Adams-Ender
- Gen. Clara Adams-Ender
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 994208789
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Gen. Clara Adams-Ender.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
063341
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Paul Brock, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Lake Ridge, Virginia 2005 September 20.
Recorded Lake Ridge, Virginia 2006 February 1.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Military Officer.
- Added Author
Adams-Ender, Clara, interviewee.
Brock, Paul, 1932- interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.