Charity Adams Earley

Charity Adams Earley
Charity Adams Earley
Birth name	Charity Edna Adams
Born	December 5, 1918; Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	January 13, 2002 (aged 83); Dayton, Ohio
Buried	Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; United States Army;
Years of service	1942 − 1946
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	3rd Company, 3rd Training Regiment WAAC, Fort Des Moines
Commands held	6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Awards	Ohio Women's Hall of Fame; The Smithsonian Institution's 100 Most Important Black Women in History; South Carolina Black Hall of Fame; Service to the Community Award; Senior Citizens' Gold Watch Award; Ohio Veterans' Hall of Fame; Honorary doctorates from Wilberforce University and the University of Dayton;
Monuments	Namesake of Fort Gregg-Adams
Spouse(s)	Stanley A. Earley (m.1949)
Other work	Educator

Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley (5 December 1918 – 13 January 2002) was an American United States Army officer. She was the first African-American woman to be an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (later WACs) and was the commanding officer of the first battalion of African-American women to serve overseas during World War II. Adams was the highest-ranking African-American woman in the army by the completion of the war. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion's motto was "No Mail, Low Morale." A monument honoring this unique group of women was dedicated at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on November 30, 2018.

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