Ensign Wills and LT(jg) Pickens Packing After Graduation
Ensign Frances Wills (right) helps Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Harriet Ida Pickens pack her suitcase, following their graduation from the Naval
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Ensign Wills and LT(jg) Pickens Enjoy Lunch
Ensign Frances Wills (left) and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Harriet Ida Pickens enjoy lunch following their graduation from the Naval Reserve
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First African-American WAVES Officers to Graduate
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Harriet Ida Pickens (left) and Ensign Frances Wills, photographed after graduation from the Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School
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First African-American WAVES Officers Congratulate Each Other
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Harriet Ida Pickens (left) and Ensign Frances Wills congratulate each other after being being commissioned as the
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Frances Wills and Harriet Ida Pickens are Sworn In
When the Navy decided to begin integrating African-American women into the WAVES program in October 1944, Frances Wills and Harriet
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Harriet Ida Pickens Sworn in as Apprentice Seaman
Harriet Ida Pickens, a public health administrator with a Master’s Degree in Political Science from Columbia University, is sworn in
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