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4 unusual facts about Martha Settle Putney


Martha Settle Putney

At the time of her death at age 92 she was working on a fourth book portraying the contributions of blacks in combat dating back to the American Revolutionary War.

1993 Outstanding Book on Human Rights Award from the Gustav Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in America, for When the Nation was in Need: Blacks in the Women's Army Corps During World War II.

The initial deployment of the CWSS in early 1998 included data about the 235,000 members of the United States Colored Troops.

After brief stints at Morgan State University and Prairie View A&M University, she joined Bowie State College's history and geography department, which she chaired until 1974.



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