B. Sue Dueitt

Bertie Sue Dueitt (born November 13, 1945) is a retired American military officer. A Leakesville, Mississippi native, she moved to the Washington, D.C. area in 1977 to begin a job at the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; later that year, she joined the United States Army Reserve. In June 1997, she became the first woman in the Army Reserve outside of the Nurse Corps to be promoted to brigadier general.

Early life and education Dueitt was born on November 13, 1945, in Leakesville, Mississippi and grew up in nearby McLain. She graduated from McLain High School in 1964, after which she attended the University of Southern Mississippi, graduating from the latter institution in three years.

She received a PhD in administration from the University of Alabama and performed other graduate work at American University and the United States Army War College.

Career Dueitt moved to the Washington, D.C. area in 1977 to work for the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Soon after, at a dinner, staff members of U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee chair John C. Stennis convinced her to commission as a reserve military officer.

Dueitt retired from the Army in 2005 and works as a consultant.