February is Black History Month, and today we share a portrait of Brigadier General Clara Adams-Ender.
February is Black History Month, and today we share a portrait of Brigadier General Clara Adams-Ender. V "BG Clara Adams-Ender" by Army Artist Max Bullock, 1991 Over the course of her 34-year long career, BG Adams-Ender accrued an impressive list of accomplishments: first woman to receive her master's degree in military arts and sciences from the Army Command and General Staff College; first African-American nurse corps officer to graduate from the Army War College; served as Chief of the Army Nurse Corps, and many other milestones. She retired from the U.S. Army in 1993.