The HistoryMakers video oral history with Gen. Clara Adams-Ender.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (14 video files (6 hr., 33 min., 41 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.218 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Adams-Ender, Clara, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Brock, Paul, 1932- interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Gen. Clara Adams-Ender |
| Portion of title | Gen. Clara Adams-Ender |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Paul Brock, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Lake Ridge, Virginia 2005 September 20. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Lake Ridge, Virginia 2006 February 1. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2005.218 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |