Ann began her government career at the US War Production Board during WWII. Early in her career, she also worked for the United States Navy and Air Force. She was one of the early “Government Girls,” a term coined during WWII when the federal government hired women to fill roles during a labor shortage. Not only was Ann a woman in the workforce during the 1940s and ’50s, she was also the first professional African American to work in several government agencies.
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