Career
She enlisted on the first minute of the first hour of the first day regular United States Air Force duty was authorized for women on 8 July 1948. Her younger son was quoted as saying that her reason for joining was the hope of helping free a soldier from clerical work to fight, thus speeding the end of the war. She remained active with the Air Force until 1954 when she separated due to disability.
After separation, she worked as a civil service employee at the Veterans Regional Headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama until her death in 1979.
