States Department of Labor as director of the Women in Community Service division. She retired in 1978 but continued to serve in an advisory capacity. Later life In the 1990s, she was a leading proponent of the Women In Military Service For America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, which was dedicated in 1997. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1996 and was featured by Tom Brokaw in his book The Greatest Generation. She died at the Arleigh Burke Pavilion, an assisted living facility for retired military personnel in McLean, Virginia. She is buried in Saint Patrick Cemetery in Lowell, Massachusetts. Awards Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal Croix de Guerre References External links National Women's Hall of Fame citation Women's International Center biography Women in the U.S. Army 1907 births 2005 deaths United States Army personnel of World War II People from Lowell, Massachusetts Recipients of the Legion of Merit Women in the United States Army United States Army colonels Women's Army Corps soldiers 21st-century American women Military personnel from Massachusetts