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Title
[Portrait
of
Evelyn
Patricia
Foote
,
circa
1977]
Date
1977
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
United States--History--1945-
United States. Army--Women
Era
Post-Vietnam, Panama, Grenada (1975-1989)
Service branch
Army
Item description
Portrait
of
Lieutenant
Colonel
Evelyn
"
Pat
"
Foote
,
circa
1977
. She
wears
the
army
green
service
uniform
with
lieutenant
colonel
oak
leaf
pin
on the
shoulder
boards
,
military
police
lapel
pin
, and
Vietnam
shoulder
sleeve
patch
. On her
right
jacket
breast
Foote
wears
the
meritorious
unit
commendation
award
, and on her
left
(top
to
bottom
,
left
to
right)
the
bronze
star
medal
ribbon
bar
;
meritorious
service
ribbon
bar
with
oak
leaf
cluster
;
army
commendation
medal
ribbon
bar
with
oak
leaf
cluster
;
national
defense
service
medal
ribbon
bar
;
Vietnam
service
medal
ribbon
bar
;
armed
forces
reserve
medal
ribbon
bar
; and
Vietnam
service
medal
ribbon
bar
.
Veteran's name
Foote, Evelyn Patricia
Veteran's biography
Evelyn
“Pat”
Foote
(b
.
1930)
of
Durham
,
North
Carolina
,
served
as an
officer
in the
U.S
.
Army
from
1959
to
1989
,
rising
to the
rank
of
brigadier
general
in
1986
. She
retired
as the
first
female
commander
of
Fort
Belvoir
,
Virginia
, and
became
a
prominent
speaker
about
issues
concerning
women
in the
military
. From
1998
to
2007
she
served
as
president
of the
Alliance
for
National
Defense
.
Evelyn
Patricia
"
Pat
"
Foote
was
born
on
19
May
1930
in
Durham
,
North
Carolina
, the
youngest
of
three
children
. Her
parents
,
Evelyn
Sidena
Womack
Foote
and
Henry
Alexander
Foote
,
both
worked
for the
American
Tobacco
Company
while
Foote
was a
child
. In
1945
, the
Foote
family
moved
to
Washington
,
D.C.
, and
Pat
Foote
graduated
from
Central
High
School
in
1947
. She
attended
Wake
Forest
College
in
North
Carolina
,
graduating
with a
sociology
degree
in
1953
. She then
held
various
jobs
before
receiving
a
commission
to the
U.S
.
Army
in
November
1959
.
In
February
1960
Foote
began
her
career
in the
Women’s
Army
Corps
[WAC]
at
Fort
McClellan
,
Alabama
, and
after
completing
officer
training
became
platoon
officer
for the
training
battalion
there. Her
subsequent
duty
stations
include
:
Portland
,
Oregon
(1961-1964)
;
Fort
Belvoir
,
Virginia
(1964-66)
;
Saigon
,
Vietnam
(1967)
;
Washington
,
D.C
.
(1968-71
,
1972-73
,
1986-88)
;
Fort
Leavenworth
,
Kansas
(1971-72)
;
Fort
McPherson
,
Georgia
(1974-76)
;
Carlisle
Barracks
,
Pennsylvania
(1976-77)
; and
Manheim
,
Germany
(1983-1986)
. Her
final
command
was at
Fort
Belvior
,
where
she also
served
as
deputy
commander
of the
Military
District
of
Washington
.
During
her
thirty
year
career
,
Foote
commanded
at the
company
,
battalion
,
brigade
, and
major
installation
levels
. She
commanded
one
of the
first
integrated
training
battalions
;
became
the
first
female
public
relations
officer
in
Vietnam
in
1967
; was the
first
female
faculty
member
of the
U.S
.
Army
War
School
in
1979
; was the
first
female
brigade
commander
in
Europe
;
became
the
first
female
inspector
general
in the
army
in
1986
; and
became
the
first
female
commander
of
Fort
Belvoir
,
Virginia
, in
1988
.
When
Foote
was
promoted
to
Brigadier
General
in
1986
, she
became
one
of
only
four
female
generals
in the
U.S
.
Army.
"
Foote
retired
in
1989
but
remained
involved
in
issues
related
to
women
in the
military
,
serving
on
many
committees
and
organizations
and as a
prominent
public
speaker
.
Foote
also
served
on the
first
Clinton-Gore
National
Veterans
Task
Force
, on the
American
Battle
Monuments
Commission
, and as
one
of the
original
members
of the
World
War
II
Memorial
Committee
. She was
recalled
to
active
duty
in
1996
and
served
for
one
year
as the
vice
chairman
of the
Secretary
of the
Army’s
Senior
Review
Panel
on
Sexual
Harassment
. In
1998
, she
became
president
of the
Alliance
for
National
Defense
.
Foote
is
a
recipient
of an
honorary
doctorate
degree
from
Wake
Forest
University
, and
served
on its
Board
of
Visitors
from
1995
to
1998
.
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
WV0360 Evelyn Patricia Foote Papers
Collection summary
2006
oral
history
interview,uniformsUS
Army
1960-1989
,
1996-1997
,
copy
of
1993
US
Army
Senior
Officer
Oral
History
Program
,
Volumes
1
and
2
,
oral
history
,
photo.
See
finding
aid
for the
Evelyn
P.
Foote
Papers
at
Z.
Smith
Reynolds
Library
at
Wake
Forest
University
:
https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/27799
Rights statement
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IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Courtesy
of
Special
Collections
,
Z
.
Smith
Reynolds
Library
,
Wake
Forest
University
Object ID
WV0360.6.002
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
900813953
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