Frances Wills
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| Beashnys | |
|---|---|
| Ruggyr | 12 Jerrey Souree 1910 |
| Baase | 18 Jerrey Geuree 1998 (87 bleeaney d'eash) |
| Fysseree phersoonagh | |
| Ynsagh | Colleish Hunter  |
| Jannooyn | |
| Keird | offishear lhuingyssagh |
Aundyryn | |
She offishear lhuingys chaggee Americaanagh va Frances Eliza Wills (ennym-poost: Frances Thorpe ; 12 Jerrey Souree 1910 – 18 Jerrey Geuree 1998).[1][2] V'ee coontit mastey yn chied daa ven-offishear lhuingys chaggee Affro-Americaanagh dy row commisshoonit lesh Lhuingys Chaggee ny Steatyn Unnaneysit.[3] Lurg e bleeantyn marish ny WAVES, ren ee obbraghey myr scrudeyr da Langston Hughes.[4][5]
Bea aeg
[reagh | reagh y bun]Va Frances Eliza Wills ruggit ayns Philadelphia.[1] Hie ee gys Colleish Hunter ayns Caayr York Noa, as ny yei shen chossyn ee keim mainshteraght 'syn obbyr heshoil veih Ollooscoill Pittsburgh.[1][6] Tra v'ee ayn, haink ee quail y vard as y çheerloayreyder Langston Hughes.[1] Ren Wills obbraghey feie shiartanse dy vleeantyn ec yn YMCA, raad ren ee reaghey taghyrtyn co-phobble as cooney sheshoil.[6] V'ee gobbraghey ayns York Noa myr obbreyder sheshoil tra va feysht listal ayns ny WAVES currit j'ee.[3]
WAVES
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Va forse Cooyl-sleih ny Mraane jeh Lhuingys Chaggee ny Steatyn Unnaneysit, va er enney myr WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, Gaelg: Mraane Lowit son Shirveish Ghear-ghaue Arryltagh), bunnit er 30 Jerrey Souree 1942.[3] Ga dy row shiartanse dy vraane Affro-Americaanagh shirrey listal, ren Scrudeyr co-emshiragh Lhuingys Chaggee ny Steatyn Unnaneysit Frank Knox jiooldaghey kied stiagh daue.[6][3] Lurg baase doaltattym ayns Averil 1944, dirree broo veih sheerloayreyderyn, as er 19 Jerrey Fouyir, chur yn Eaghtyrane Franklin D. Roosevelt kied stiagh daue ayns ny WAVES - lhisagh ve slane cochianglt.[3] Va Frances Wills as Harriet Pickens reiht myr y chied daa noanee Affro-Americaanagh.[3] V'ad er nyn listal stiagh ayns ny WAVES er 13 Sauin 1944.[3]
Ayns e lioar chooinaght, dooyrt Wills:
Ayns Jerrey Fouyir 1944 tra dooyrt y Lhuingys Chaggee dy row eh aarloo dou as dooyrt mee, 'Gow mish,' cha row mee jannoo coontey ennaghtagh bentyn rish mooinjerys kynnee.[7]
Va'n daa ven currit dys seyraad traenal WAVES ayns Caayr York Noa, raad haink Wills dy ve ny reagheyder prowal rang-oardraghey dauseyn v'er nyn listal.[6] Roish jerrey yn chaggey, va ny smoo na 70 Affro-Americaanagh er ny listal stiagh mastey rhenkyn WAVES.[6]
Bea yeianagh
[reagh | reagh y bun]Va Wills er ny lhiggey magh veih'n Lhuingys Chaggee ec jerrey yn chaggey. Ny s'anmey, screeu ee lioar bentyn rish taghyrtyn e seihll va enmyssit Navy Blue and Other Colors: a memoir of adventure and happiness.[1][8] Va'n lioar soilshit magh fo'n ennym-poost eck, Francis Wills Thorpe.[1][9] She Charles L. Thorpe va'n dooinney-poost eck.[2] Haink Wills dy ve y Eaghtyrane er y Brooklyn Botanical Garden Auxiliary ayns Palm Coast, Florida.[2]
Hooar Frances Wills Thorpe marroo er 18 Jerrey Geuree 1998.[2] Haghyr shirveish chooinaghtyn er e son ayns Sag Harbor, York Noa.[2]
Imraaghyn
[reagh | reagh y bun]- ↑ a b c d e f "Frances Wills, Naval Officer born". African American Registry (ayns Baarle). Feddynit magh er 2023-02-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: çhengey gyn enney (link) - ↑ a b c d e "Paid Notice: Deaths THORPE, FRANCES (NEE WILLS)" (ayns Baarle), The New York Times (1998-01-20).
- ↑ a b c d e f g ""We Made it, Friend" The First African American Female Officers in the US Navy". The National WWII Museum | New Orleans (ayns Baarle). Feddynit magh er 2023-02-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: çhengey gyn enney (link) - ↑ Zimmerman, Andrew (2017-08-30). "Courage in Adversity: Harriet Pickens & Frances Wills". Women Offshore (ayns Baarle). Feddynit magh er 2023-02-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: çhengey gyn enney (link) - ↑ "#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Frances E. Wills Thorpe - VA News". news.va.gov (ayns Baarle). 2020-03-01. Feddynit magh er 2023-02-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: çhengey gyn enney (link) - ↑ a b c d e Master, Web (2021-06-09). "WAVES Trailblazers: Lt. j.g. Harriet Ida Pickens and Ensign Frances Wills, the first African-American WAVES officers". The Mariners' Museum and Park (ayns Baarle). Feddynit magh er 2023-02-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: çhengey gyn enney (link) - ↑ "Frances E. Thorpe Collection". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Feddynit magh er 2023-02-11.
- ↑ "Navy blue and other colors : a memoir of adventure and happiness | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org (ayns Baarle). Feddynit magh er 2023-02-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: çhengey gyn enney (link) - ↑ Thorpe, Frances Wills (2007). Navy blue and other colors : a memoir of adventure and happiness. [York Noa]: C.L. Thorpe. ISBN 978-1-4257-3189-2. OCLC 173845081.