Ruth Cheney Streeter
Military Person
1895 – 1990
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Who was Ruth Cheney Streeter?
Ruth Cheney Streeter was the first director of the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve. In 1943, she became the first woman to attain the rank of major in the United States Marine Corps when she was commissioned as a major on January 29, 1943. She retired in 1945 as a lieutenant colonel.
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- Born
- Oct 2, 1895
Brookline - Spouses
- Thomas Winthrop Streeter, Sr.
(1917/06/23 - )
- Thomas Winthrop Streeter, Sr.
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Bryn Mawr College
- Died
- Sep 30, 1990
Morristown
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on July 23, 2013
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