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About Ruth Cheney Streeter
Ruth Cheney Streeter was an American military officer who was the first director of the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve (USMCWR). In 1943, she became the first woman to attain the rank of major in the United States Marine Corps when she was commissioned as a major on January 29, 1943. She retired in 1945 as a lieutenant colonel.
Everything about Ruth Cheney Streeter →- Occupation
- military officer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 2, 1895
- Died
- September 30, 1990