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Chief Nurse of Washington State National Guard, full colonel in the US army.  After divorcing her husband, came out as lesbian and, after a long attempt by her detractors, was discharged.  An early and prominent opponent to anti-gay policies in the military.  Activist, author.  Movie about Cammermeyer's story, 'Serving in Silence', was made in 1995.
 
Chief Nurse of Washington State National Guard, full colonel in the US army.  After divorcing her husband, came out as lesbian and, after a long attempt by her detractors, was discharged.  An early and prominent opponent to anti-gay policies in the military.  Activist, author.  Movie about Cammermeyer's story, 'Serving in Silence', was made in 1995.
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* [[Prominent Medical Practitioners Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Revision as of 13:40, 8 August 2018

Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1942 -

Occupation

Medicine

Description

Chief Nurse of Washington State National Guard, full colonel in the US army. After divorcing her husband, came out as lesbian and, after a long attempt by her detractors, was discharged. An early and prominent opponent to anti-gay policies in the military. Activist, author. Movie about Cammermeyer's story, 'Serving in Silence', was made in 1995.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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