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Edith DeVoe
1921–2000
United States
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Biography
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, the first Black nurse to be admitted to the regular Navy, and the first Black nurse to serve in the Navy outside the mainland United States.
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