Women's US Army Service uniform worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown
date: label: Date
content: 1980
name: label: Created by
content: Sugarman Uniforms, American
label: Manufactured by
content: Force Manufacturing Company, American
label: Created by
content: Custom Hat Corporation, American
label: Manufactured by
content: Sam Bonk Uniform and Civilian Cap Company, American, founded 1963
label: Worn by
content: Brig. Gen. Hazel Johnson-Brown, American, 1927 - 2011
notes: label: Caption
content: Hazel Johnson-Brown was born on October 10, 1927, and joined the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) in 1955. Throughout her life she distinguished herself as a military and public healthcare professional. During the Vietnam War, Johnson-Brown was stationed in Japan where she trained nurses who were being sent to Vietnam. She also served for a time as the director of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing. In 1979, Johnson-Brown became the first African American woman general in the history of the U.S. military and the first African American woman to be appointed chief of the ANC. She retired from the ANC in 1983 after almost 30 years of service. Brigadier General Johnson-Brown died on August 5, 2011, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
label: Description
content: Military dress uniform comprised of a jacket with service ribbons and insignia (.1a-f), a skirt (.2), a blouse with insignia (.3a-d), a beret with insignia (.4ab), and a hat with insignia (.5abc). The uniform was worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown, the first African American woman to achieve that rank and the first African American to serve as Chief of the Army Nurse Corps.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alice Calberb F. Royal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.146.1
objectType: label: Type
content: dress uniforms
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Jacket: polyester with metal buttons and pins
label: Medium
content: Skirt: polyester with metal zipper and plastic buttons
label: Medium
content: Blouse: cotton and polyester with plastic buttons and Velcro (TM)
label: Medium
content: Beret: wool and metal
label: Medium
content: Hat: wool, polyester, plastic, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.1-.3 On form): 46 1/2 × 22 × 14 1/2 in. (118.1 × 55.9 × 36.8 cm)