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Bailey, Margaret Elizabeth was born on December 25, 1915 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Adam and Hattie Bailey.
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Margaret Elizabeth Bailey
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Margaret Elizabeth Bailey, American Nurse, retired military officer. Avocations: reading, golf, theatre, bowling.
F C. Decorated Legion of Merit; named Outstanding Women of Year, Massachusetts Professional Woman's Club, 1967, Black Nurse of Year, Black Nurses Association GreaterWashington Area, 1990 Rock of Year, ROCKS, 1991; recipient Women's Honors in Public Svc. award Minority Fellowship Program and Cabinet of Human Rights, ANA, 1988.
Education
Registered Nurse, Fraternal Hospital School Nursing, Montgomery, Alabama, 1938. Bachelor, San Francisco State College, 1959.
Career
Enlisted, United States Army Nurse Corps, 1944;
advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army Nurse Corps, 1970;
staff nurse, operating room nurse, Mercy Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1938-1940;
staff nurse, assistant head nurse, Seaview Hospital, Staten Island, New York, 1940-1944;
supervisor surgical services, Station Hospital, Camp Beale, California, 1945-1946;
supervisor psychiatric & neurological service, Second General Hospital, Laundstuhl, Federal Republic Germany, 1956-1957;
evening, night supervisor, Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, 1958-1959;
assistant chief department nursing, United States Army Hospital, Zama, Japan, 1960-1961;
supervisor psychiatric and neurology service, Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, 1963-1965;
chief department nursing, 130th General Hospital Chinon, France, 1965-1966;
chief department nursing, 33rd Field Hospital, Wurzburg, Germany, 1966-1967;
chief department nursing, United States Army Hospital, Fort Devens, Massachusetts, 1967-1969;
health manpower training specialist, Job Corps Health Office, Office Economics Opportunity, Washington, 1969-1971;
retired, United States Army Nurse Corps, 1971. Past consultant Surgeon General of the Army. Past chairman advising committee Federal City College Nursing, Washington.
Member board directors Greater S.E. Community Center for Aging, Washington, since 1990.
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Treasurer pastor's aid club, assistant finance secretary helping hand club, deaconess Nineteenth St. Baptist Church, Washington. Past historian The Army Officer's Wives Club, Fort Myers, Virginia. Member American Nurses Association, National League for Nurses, District of Columbia Nurses Association (past chairman membership committee), District of Columbia League for Nursing (past member board), Association Military Surgeons, Retired Officers Association (past 2nd vice president, past 1st vice president, past president, board directors Montgomery County chapter), Sigma Theta Tau, Chi Eta Phi (past president Alpha chapter, past correspondent secretary, past chairman speaker's bureau, others, past chaplain, chairman Africare special project, assistant Northeast regional director, chairman programs and projects committee).
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Decorated Legion of Merit. Named Outstanding Women of Year, Massachusetts Professional Woman's Club, 1967, Black Nurse of Year, Black Nurses Association Greater Washington Area, 1990 Rock of Year, ROCKS, 1991. Recipient Women's Honors in Public Service award Minority Fellowship Program and Cabinet of Human Rights, American Nurses Association, 1988.Decorated Legion of Merit. Named Outstanding Women of Year, Massachusetts Professional Woman's Club, 1967, Black Nurse of Year, Black Nurses Association Greater Washington Area, 1990 Rock of Year, ROCKS, 1991. Recipient Women's Honors in Public Service award Minority Fellowship Program and Cabinet of Human Rights, American Nurses Association, 1988.