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Della Hayden "Maw" Raney (January 10, 1912 – November 23, 1987) was an American nurse. Raney was the first African American accepted into the Army Nurse Corps. She later became the first black woman nurse promoted to captain and major in the Army. Raney retired from the Army in 1978.

Biography

Della H. Raney was born on January 10, 1912 in Suffolk, Virginia.^[1] She graduated from the Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing in 1937.^[2] At Lincoln, she worked as an operation supervisor and before enlisting in the military had also worked at the Community Hospital of Norfolk, Virginia and at the K.B. Reynolds Hospital in Winston-Salem.^[3]

In April 1941, Raney reported for duty and was the first African American nurse to serve in the Army Nurse Corps in World War II.^[3]^[4] Raney, commissioned as a second lieutenant, was first stationed at Fort Bragg, where she worked as a nursing supervisor.^[4] The next year, she was transferred to the Tuskegee Army Air Field Station Hospital.^[4] Raney worked as the chief nurse there and was promoted to captain in 1944.^[3] Also in 1944, she was transferred to Fort Huachuca.^[5] At the time, she was the only black woman to earn that rank and work for the Army Air Forces.^[3] In 1946, she was on terminal leave from Camp Beale where she worked as head nurse.^[6] Raney was also promoted to the rank of major that year.^[5] She was the first black nurse to earn the rank of Major in the US Army.^[7] In the 1950s, she was stationed at the Percy Jones Army Medical Hospital.^[7] Raney served in the Army until her retirement in 1978.^[5]

She was honored for her service by the Tuskegee Airmen in 1978.^[5] Fellow soldiers called her "Maw Raney."^[4] On November 23, 1987 Raney died.^[5] The Tuskegee Airmen and the National Black Nurses Association created a scholarship named after her in 2012.^[5]

References

^ "Maj. Della H. Raney". African Americans in the U.S. Army. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
^ "Tuskegee Airmen Support staff in the 1940s was 15 to 19,000". FRIENDS OF TUSKEGEE AIRMEN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Negro Nurses". National Negro Health News. 12 (2): 7. April 1944 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kodosky, Robert J. (2020). Tuskegee in Philadelphia: Rising to the Challenge. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4671-4467-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Della Hayden Raney (Jackson)". Army Women's Foundation. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
^ "Only Negress With Rank of Major Visits Sacramento". The Sacramento Bee. 1946-07-13. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Major Della H. Raney". Alabama Tribune. 1951-02-16. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Arlington National Cemetery

[:3-1] "Maj. Della H. Raney". African Americans in the U.S. Army. Retrieved 2020-05-17.

[2] "Tuskegee Airmen Support staff in the 1940s was 15 to 19,000". FRIENDS OF TUSKEGEE AIRMEN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. Retrieved 2020-05-17.

[:0-3] "Negro Nurses". National Negro Health News. 12 (2): 7. April 1944 – via Google Books.

[:1-4] Kodosky, Robert J. (2020). Tuskegee in Philadelphia: Rising to the Challenge. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4671-4467-4.

[:4-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Della Hayden Raney (Jackson)". Army Women's Foundation. Retrieved 2020-05-17.

[6] "Only Negress With Rank of Major Visits Sacramento". The Sacramento Bee. 1946-07-13. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.

[:2-7] "Major Della H. Raney". Alabama Tribune. 1951-02-16. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.

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-'''Della Hayden "Maw" Raney''' (January 10, 1912 – October 23, 1987) was an American [[Nursing|nurse]]. Raney was the first [[African Americans|African American]] accepted into the [[United States Army Nurse Corps|Army Nurse Corps]]. She later became the first black woman nurse promoted to captain and major in the Army. Raney retired from the Army in 1978.
+'''Della Hayden "Maw" Raney''' (January 10, 1912 – November 23, 1987) was an American [[Nursing|nurse]]. Raney was the first [[African Americans|African American]] accepted into the [[United States Army Nurse Corps|Army Nurse Corps]]. She later became the first black woman nurse promoted to captain and major in the Army. Raney retired from the Army in 1978.
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