Rear Admiral
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Mariann Stratton (born 1945) was the Director of the
United States Navy Nurse Corps
The United States Navy Nurse Corps was officially established by Congress in 1908; however, unofficially, women had been working as nurses aboard Navy ships and in Navy hospitals for nearly 100 years. The Corps was all-female until 1965.
Pre-190 ...
from 1991 to 1994.
Early life and education
Mariann Stratton was born in
Houston, Texas
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
. Stratton joined the Navy Nurse Corps in 1964,
[J. K. H.]
"A Conversation with RADM Stratton"
''Navy Medicine'' (May–June 1992): 5–8. via Internet Archive. and attended school on a Navy Nurse Corps Candidate Scholarship. She graduated from Sacred Heart Dominican College in
Houston, Texas
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
with degrees in nursing and English.
Later she earned master's degrees in nursing from the
University of Virginia
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and in human resource management from
Webster College
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.
Naval career
Stratton started active duty in 1966. She served in the United States, Japan, Ethiopia, Greece, and Italy. She was director of nursing services at the Naval Hospital in
San Diego
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.
In 1971 she attended the celebration in
Hartford, Connecticut
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, marking the 63rd anniversary of the founding of the Navy Nurse Corps.
Stratton became Director of the Navy Nurse Corps in 1991, and was promoted to the rank of rear admiral (lower half).
She served concurrently as deputy commander for Personnel Management, Naval Medical Command. In 1993, she published ''Nurse Corps Strategic Plan – Charting New Horizons''.
As director, Stratton led the "Working Group on Prevention of Sexual Harassment for Women in the Navy and Marine Corps" after the
Tailhook scandal
The Tailhook scandal was a military scandal in which United States Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aviation officers were alleged to have sexually assaulted up to 83 women and seven men, or otherwise engaged in "improper and indecent" conduct at t ...
. She advocated before Congress for equal promotion opportunities for military women.
Stratton retired from the navy in 1994. In 1996, she was awarded the Distinguished Alumnae Award by the
University of Virginia
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Women's Center.
Personal life
Stratton married
United States Air Force
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pilot Lawrence Mallory Stickney. He died in 1992. There is a Lawrence M. Stickney/Mariann Stratton Scholarship in the School of Nursing at the
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...
.
See also
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Women in the United States Navy
Many women have served in the United States Navy for over a century. As of 2020, there were 69,629 total women on active duty in the US Navy, with 11,076 serving as officers, and 58,553 enlisted. Of all the branches in the US military, the Navy ...
References
Further reading
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External links
Nurses and the U.S. Navy -- Overview and Special Image SelectionNaval Historical Center
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1945 births
Living people
Military personnel from Houston
American women nurses
Female admirals of the United States Navy
United States Navy rear admirals
21st-century American women