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Harriett Jamane Lewis Yeager Collection

H. Jamane Yeager of Kinston, North Carolina, served as a clerical administrator in the Women in the Air Force (WAF) from 1974 to 1975 and then the Air Force Reserve until 1976.

Harriett Jamane Lewis Yeager with colleagues
Photograph of Harriett Jamane Lewis Yeager with colleagues.
Harriett Jamane Lewis Yeager with colleagues
Photograph of Harriett Jamane Lewis Yeager with colleagues.
Oral history interview with Harriett Jamane Lewis Yeager
Primarily documents Harriett Jamane Lewis Yeager's childhood in Kinston, North Carolina, and service in the U.S. Air Force during the late seventies. Yeager describes in detail her childhood in Kinston, North Carolina, including being raised by a distant relative, her sheltered youth, and the integration of her high school. She also discusses the hardships she faced while attempting to provide for her son, and how these events influenced her decision to join, and later leave, the air force. Yeager describes enjoying basic training and her clerical job at Carswell AFB in Texas. " Other subjects include the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the morale of the post-Vietnam military, the role of women in combat, and the quality of life in the air force. Yeager also discusses her political philosophies, her aversion to violence, and her views on patriotism.
Portrait of Harriett Jamane Lewis Yeager
Portrait of Harriett Jamane Lewis Yeager, ca. 1974.

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