Oveta Culp Hobby's birth name is Olveta Culp.
Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby.
She was the head of the Womens Auxiliary Army Corp, later just the Womens Army Corps - the WACs. She was selected for this job by President Roosevelt, and directly commissioned as a US Army colonel. Later promoted to general, I think the first female general ever. A no-nonsense woman, who got things done.
In WW2 , Oveta Culp Hobby , was the 1st commanding officer of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps which was renamed Women's Army Corps . ~ Additional information at the related link below .
Benny Culp died October 23, 2000, in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Oveta Culp Hobby's birth name is Olveta Culp.
Oveta Culp Hobby was born on January 19, 1905, in Killeen, Texas, USA.
Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby.
Killeen Texas
Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby.
Oveta Culp Hobby .
Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby was the director of the WAAC/WAC during WW 2.
The Medal of Honor recipient Audie Murphy , Admiral Chester W. Nimitz , Dwight D. Eisenhower and Oveta Culp Hobby .
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Yes, she had two, both of them born on her birthday! William Hobby, Jr. and Jessica Hobby Cato. Jessica passed away earlier this year and her son, Bill, a former Lieutenant Governor of Texas, still lives in Houston. He has a memoir coming out September 29th.
The second female cabinet appointment came from President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 when he appointed Oveta Culp Hobby the Secretary of Helth, Education and Welfare. The first President to appoint a woman was Franklin Roosevelt (Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, 1933).
She was the head of the Womens Auxiliary Army Corp, later just the Womens Army Corps - the WACs. She was selected for this job by President Roosevelt, and directly commissioned as a US Army colonel. Later promoted to general, I think the first female general ever. A no-nonsense woman, who got things done.