Women's US Army Service skirt worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown
date: label: Date
content: 1980
name: label: Created by
content: Sugarman Uniforms, American
label: Worn by
content: Brig. Gen. Hazel Johnson-Brown, American, 1927 - 2011
notes: label: Caption
content: In 1979, Brig. Gen. Hazel 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 Army Nurse Corps.
label: Description
content: Green US Army Nurse's dress uniform skirt worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown. The pencil skirt is made of olive green polyester and falls just below the knee. It closes on the proper left side with a metal zipper and a green plastic button tab closure. An interior button closure is fastened around a loop of green cording. The skirt is fully lined with green polyester, with the lining material and the facing material only attached at the waist. The hem is reinforced with the green lining material around the interior. There is a hanger loop at the interior proper left waist near the zip closure.
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: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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 - Military Uniforms
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: 2011.146.1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: skirts
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: polyester with metal zipper and plastic buttons
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Flat): 26 5/8 × 22 in. (67.6 × 55.9 cm)