Charity Adams Earley

(noun)

Charity Edna Adams Earley 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 WWII.

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  • Mobilization and the Development of the West

    • The battalion was commanded by MAJ Charity Adams Earley, and was composed of 30 officers and 800 enlisted women.

  • Maternalist Reform

    • In 1893 Lathrop was appointed as the first ever female member of the Illinois State Board of Charities, beginning her lifelong work in civil service reform: advocating for the training of professional social workers and standardizing employment procedures.
    • As early as 1898 at the third Annual Illinois Conference on Charities, organized by Julia Lanthrop and the philanthropist Lucy Flower, reformers called for a separate system of courts for children.
    • Lathrop's experience at the Hull House and as a Charities Board member had given her firsthand knowledge of the conditions for children in county poorhouses and jails.
    • Lathrop helped found the country's first juvenile court in 1899, and the Chicago Woman's Club established the Juvenile Court Committee (electing Lathrop as its first president in 1903) to pay the salaries of fifteen probation officers and run a detention home located at 625 West Adams Street.

  • The Quran

    • Muslims also believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times before through prophets including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus.
    • Zakāt (charity): the practice of charitable giving based on accumulated wealth.