photograph
date: label: date made
content: 1970
label: associated date
content: 1970 05 01
name: label: Associated Name
content: Duerk, Alene Bertha
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white photograph of swearing in ceremony of Captain Duerk as Director Navy Nurse Corps by Secretary of Navy John Warner, May 1, 1970. Alene B. Duerk was the Director of the Navy Nurse Corps 1970-1975 and first woman to be appointed Rear Admiral in the Navy Nurse Corps in June 1972. She retired from active Naval service in June 1975.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: United States Navy
label: Subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Alene B. Duerk
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0237.26
label: accession number
content: 1979.0237
label: catalog number
content: 1979.237.26
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
label: Other Terms
content: Photograph; Documents