African American WACs Born in Kentucky
This is a partial list of the African American women born in Kentucky who served in the WACs. The information comes from World War II Army Enlistment Records. WAC [Women's Army Corps] was the women's branch of the U.S. Army, established in 1943. It was previously an auxiliary unit called WAAC [Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, formed in 1942 by Public Law 554]. The WACs were disbanded in 1973 and all units were integrated into the U.S. Army.
For more information on African American women in the military, see It's Our Military, Too: Women and the U.S. Military, by J. H. Stiehm; To Serve My Country, To Serve My Race, by B. L. Moore; and When the Nation was in Need: Blacks in the Women's Army Corps During World War II, by M. S. Putney.
*See African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky for additional names.
- Julia E. Jackson Aikens, 1901-1993, Hawesville, KY
- Martha L. Bell, 1915-1998, Daviess County
- Georgia A. Bradley, 1900-1974, Louisville, KY
- Lena C. H. Bruce, b. 1923, Kenton County
- Sarah M. Carr, b. 1911, Jefferson County
- Anna Mac Clark, 1919-1944, Lawrenceburg, KY
- Gladys L. Collier, 1923-1952, Letcher County
- Lula B. Collins, b. 1910
- Dorothy C. Davis, b. 1919
- Ethel W. Fields, 1922-1997, Irvington, KY
- Alma C. Fischer, 1924-1980, Harrison County
- Edna M. Griffin, 1909-2000, Carlisle, KY
- Willia M. Griffin, 1920-1979, Benham, KY
- Elizabeth Hardyster, 1921-1979, Bardstown, KY
- Vera A. Harrison Haskin, 1919-2005, Sadieville, KY
- Ann M. Highsaw, b. 1917, Jefferson County
- Florence J. Hoard, 1919-2006, Jefferson County
- Ruth Holt, b. 1911, Sturgis, KY
- Hannah E. Huley, 1914-1953, Flat Rock (Little Rock), KY
- June C. Ingram, 1921-2008, Brandon, KY
- Juanita M. Irvin, 1920-1979, Paducah, KY
- Julia M. Jackson, b. 1911, Lexington, KY
- Lula M. Johnson, 1918-1984, Lexington, KY
- Alma E. Kairson, 1918-2002, Louisville, KY
- Emma L. Lutz, b. 1917
- Hollie B. Martin, b. 1903
- Anna C. Morrison, 1924-2009, Richmond, KY
- Mary E. Neal, 1914-2003, Bell County
- Catherine Roberts, 1920-1998, Sharpsburg, KY
- Beulah D. Sims, 1924-1962, McRoberts, KY
- Emma Smith, 1922-2020, Stanford, KY
- Marjorie Smith, b. 1923
- Mattie L. Sproul, 1917-2015, Cumberland County
- Vivian Steward, 1918-1985, Louisville, KY
- Kara L. Stone, 1929-1995, Louisville, KY
- Susie D. L. Tardy, 1920-1997, Central City, KY
- Annie B. Thurman, 1921-2003, Hickman, KY
- Ora L. Tichenor, 1915-1987, Hebbardsville, KY
- Anna S. Townsend, 1923-2013, Cynthiana, KY
- Effie M. Turner, 1923-1994, Fulton, KY
- Joanna M. Turner, 1896-1980, Lexington, KY
- Anna M. Wall, 1925-2019, Fulton, KY
- Lena M. Warden, 1923-1981, Echols, KY
- Helen C. Washington, 1923-2015, Paris, KY
- Alice T. White, 1923-1996, Lexington, KY
- Thelma M. Wimbley, 1921-1994, Martwick, KY
- Daisy B. Utterback, b. 1922, Mayfield, KY
- Dorothy J. Young, 1921-1965, Louisville, KY
