Navy’s First Female Admiral, Alene Duerk, Dies

Information on her career can be found at

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/alene-duerk-nurse-who-became-navys-first-female-admiral-dies-at-98/2018/07/29/a336aacc-933b-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html

https://www.history.navy.mil/news-and-events/news/2018/navy-s-first-female-admiral--alene-duerk--passes-away.html

http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/loc.natlib.afc2001001.28852

Photographs from BUMED are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/navymedicine/albums/72157696501372632


Publications from BUMED are at

https://archive.org/search.php?query=Duerk&and%5B%5D=collection%3A%22usnavybumedhistoryoffice%22&sin=TXT