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Title
[Portrait
of
Isabella
P
.
Evans
,
circa
1945]
Date
1945
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States--Armed Forces--African Americans
United States. Army--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Army--WAAC
Army--WAC
Item description
Portrait
of
WAC
Isabella
P
.
Evans
,
circa
1945
.
Veteran's name
Evans, Isabella Peterson
Veteran's biography
Isabella
Peterson
Evans
(1919-2007)
of
Clemson
,
North
Carolina
,
served
in a
postal
unit
of the
Women’s
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
(WAAC)
and
Women’s
Army
Corps
(WAC)
from
1942
to
1945
.
Isabella
Peterson
Evans
was
born
in
Clemson
,
North
Carolina
, on
6
December
1919
. Her
father
was a
blacksmith
and her
mother
was a
homemaker
. In
1931
,
after
the
death
of her
parents
,
Peterson
moved
to
Washington
,
D.C.
, to
live
with
relatives
. She
graduated
from
Cardozo
High
School
in
1940
and
worked
in the
afternoons
as a
maid
.
Peterson
worked
in the
navy
department's
post
office
in
Washington
,
D.C.
, as a
civilian
before
joining
the
Women’s
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
(WAAC)
in
December
1942
. She
attended
basic
training
at
Fort
Des
Moines
,
Iowa
, in
February
1943
before
being
stationed
at
Fort
Clark
,
Texas
, in
May
1943
.
While
serving
as a
postal
clerk
in a
segregated
African
American
unit
there,
Peterson
re-enlisted
in the
WAC
. She also
married
Oscar
Evans
, a
member
of the
2nd
Cavalry
, in
November
1943
. In the
summer
of
1944
,
Peterson
was
sent
to
Camp
Gruber
in
Okalahoma
,
where
she
served
as a
company
clerk
.
In
March
1945
Peterson
was
sent
overseas
to
Birmingham
,
England
, with a
postal
detachment
. She
sorted
mail
in
England
for
three
months
and then in
Rouen
,
France
,
until
November
1945
. She
left
the
army
and
returned
to her
job
with the
postal
service
in
Washington
,
D.C.
, in
late
1945
.
Evans
'
husband
remained
in the
service
and the
family
lived
in
Indiana
,
Boston
, and
Germany
. The
Evans
were
divorced
in the
late
1960s
, and
Isabella
Evans
settled
in
North
Carolina
in the
early
1980s
.
Evans
passed
on
29
December
2007
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Formal portrait
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0173 Isabella P. Evans Papers
Rights statement
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
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subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
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holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0173.6.001
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 --
http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number
900811761
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