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Elizabeth Paschel Hoisington (November 3, 1918 – August 21, 2007) was a United States Army officer who was one of the first two women to attain the rank of brigadier general. ==Biography== Born in Newton, Kansas, on November 3, 1918, Elizabeth Hoisington was a 1940 graduate of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.〔Evelyn Monahan, Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee, (A Few Good Women ), 2010, page 29〕 During World War II the United States Army expanded opportunities for women beyond nursing by creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC).〔M. Michaela Hampf, (Release a Man for Combat: The Women's Army Corps During World War II ), 2010, page 31〕 Elizabeth Hoisington enlisted in the WAACs in November 1942 and completed her basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. At the time, women were required to serve in units before they could apply to Officer Candidate School (OCS), so Private Hoisington went to a WAAC aircraft early warning unit in Bangor, Maine.〔Association of the United States Army, (Army magazine ), Volume 24, 1974, page 22〕 The company commander recognized her talents and made her the first sergeant soon after her arrival. "From Private to First Sergeant, that was my greatest promotion in the Army." ''~General Hoisington''She later said that she then sought out the most grizzled male first sergeant she could find and asked him to teach her what she needed to know. She claimed that he did such a good job that when she reached OCS she never had to open a book.〔Association of the United States Army, (Brig. Gen. Elizabeth P. Hoisington Dies ), August 23, 2007〕 Hoisington was commissioned in May, 1943, as a WAAC third officer. When the auxiliary became the Women's Army Corps (WAC) a month later, its officers changed to standard Army ranks, and Hoisington became a second lieutenant. She deployed to Europe, serving in France after D-Day. Hoisington continued her career after World War II and advanced through the ranks to colonel as she commanded WAC units in Japan, Germany, and France and served in staff assignments in San Francisco and at the Pentagon.〔Debbie Elliott, (Pioneer Soldier: Brig. Gen. Elizabeth Hoisington ), August 26, 2007〕〔Bettie J. Morden, Center of Military History, (The Women's Army Corps, 1945-1978 ), 1990, page 217〕 She was appointed the seventh director of the Women's Army Corps on August 1, 1965,〔Associated Press, (New WAC Head Acts Like Recruit ), The Tuscaloosa News, June 26, 1966〕 and served from 1966 to 1971. As director during the Vietnam War she visited WACs serving in Saigon and Long Binh in September, 1967. According to some sources, Hoisington discouraged sending Army women to Vietnam because she believed the controversy would deter progress in expanding the overall role of women in the Army.〔Kay Bailey Hutchison, (Leading Ladies: American Trailblazers ), 2008, page 34〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elizabeth P. Hoisington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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