# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/della-h-raney
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:30:40.232Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/della-h-raney"
name: "Della H. Raney"
slug: "della-h-raney"
description: "Della Hayden Raney was an American nurse in the Army Nurse Corps. Raney was the first African American nurse to report for duty in World War II and the first to be appointed chief nurse. In 1944, she became the first black nurse affiliated with the Army Air Corps promoted to captain, and she was later promoted to major in 1946. Raney retired from the Army in 1978."
tagline: "African-American army nurse"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Capt._Della_H._Raney%2C_Army_Nurse_Corps%2C_who_now_heads_the_nursing_staff_at_the_station_hospital_at_Camp_Beale%2C_CA_-_NARA_-_535942.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1912-01-10"
deathDate: "1987-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.605436
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump