21 Facts About Millie Bailey

Vivian Mildred Bailey was an American World War II veteran, civil servant, and volunteer.

Millie Bailey was a fundraiser for education, health, and military service personnel.

Millie Bailey was one of the first African American officers in the Women's Army Corps and served as a commander of the Women's Colored Detachment.

Millie Bailey was a division director in the Social Security Administration.

Millie Bailey's mother moved the children back to her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, after Bailey's father was deployed for World War I She attended segregated schools.

Millie Bailey knew historian John Hope Franklin from her upbringing in Tulsa.

Millie Bailey was one of only two black women to earn superior rank at her officer's course.

Millie Bailey received her commission as a first lieutenant in Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School and served in the Women's Army Corps from 1943 to 1946.

Millie Bailey became second-in-command of the Women's Colored Detachment at Fort McClellan.

Millie Bailey later served as a commander of the all-female detachment before being selected to attend the Adjutant General School Officers' Administration Course.

In contrast, Millie Bailey shared that her commanding general, a white man, treated her with kindness while she was at a training camp in San Antonio.

At Fort Benning, Millie Bailey was a first lieutenant in charge of 144 women.

Millie Bailey was an active community volunteer and fundraiser for education, health, and the military.

From 1966, Millie Bailey collected, packed, and shipped CARE packages for US Military service members.

From 1982 to 1993, Millie Bailey served on the Maryland Health Resources Planning Commission and was involved with the approval of the first magnetic resonance imaging and CT scanners in the state.

Millie Bailey left the commission to join the Howard County General Hospital board of trustees where she served for 23 years before stepping down in 2015.

Millie Bailey was a member of the Howard County Police Citizens Advisory Council.

Millie Bailey met her future husband, William Millie Bailey, on April 10,1943, the same day she was commissioned.

In 1970, they moved to Columbia, Maryland, where Millie Bailey resided for the rest of her life.

Millie Bailey enjoyed traveling and had been to fifty countries as of 2013.

Millie Bailey died in Ellicott City, Maryland, on May 1,2022, at the age of 104.