About Harriet Pickens
Lived 1909 – 1969 (aged 59–60). Harriet Pickens was an American naval officer.
Harriet Pickens (17 March 1909 – 1969) was an American naval officer and administrator. With Frances Wills, she was one of the first two African American women commissioned by the United States Navy, and the first to achieve the rank of lieutenant.
At the time of her enlistment in the Navy, Pickens was working as an executive secretary at the Harlem Tuberculosis and Health Committee. She suffered a stroke and died in New York in 1969.
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American Naval officer and administrator (1909–1969)
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Harriet Pickens was a naval officer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Harriet Pickens. https://biography.guide/harriet-pickens/
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