when was harriet m waddy born
Harriet West Waddy had no way of knowing, as one of those thousands of women, she would significantly change the face of Americaâs armed forces for black women. Born in Kansas on June 20, 1904, as Harriet M. Hardin, Waddy was brought up by her maternal grandmother. She went on to graduate from Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Waddy was known as First Officer Harriet M. West at the beginning of her enlistment.