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BY Mildred Europa Taylor, 11:00am March 14, 2020,

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Seven African-American female service members who made history

by Mildred Europa Taylor, 11:00am March 14, 2020,

Image result for Maj. Della H. Raney — Photo: Army Women’s Foundation

Maj. Della H. Raney

One of the 500 black nurses who served in the Army Nurse Corps during the second world war, Raney became the first African-American chief nurse commissioned as a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps. Born in 1912, she graduated from the Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing in Durham, N.C. and retired in 1978.

Last Edited by:Kent Mensah Updated: March 14, 2020

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