Charity Adams Earley

Charity Adams Earley
Birth name	Charity Edna Adams
Born	December 5, 1918 Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	January 13, 2002(2002-01-13) (aged 83) Dayton, Ohio
Buried	Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	Women's Army Auxiliary Corps  United States Army
Years of service	1942 − 1946
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	3rd Company, 3rd Training Regiment WAAC, Fort Des Moines
Commands held	6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Awards	Ohio Women's Hall of Fame The Smithsonian Institution's 100 Most Important Black Women in History South Carolina Black Hall of Fame Service to the Community Award Senior Citizens' Gold Watch Award Ohio Veterans' Hall of Fame Honorary doctorates from Wilberforce University and the University of Dayton
Monuments	Namesake of Fort Gregg-Adams
Spouse(s)	Stanley A. Earley (m.1949)
Other work	Educator

Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley (5 December 1918 – 13 January 2002) was an American United States Army officer. She was the first African-American woman to be an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (later WACs) and was the commanding officer of the first battalion of African-American women to serve overseas during World War II. Adams was the highest-ranking African-American woman in the army by the completion of the war. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion's motto was "No Mail, Low Morale." A monument honoring this unique group of women was dedicated at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on November 30, 2018.