# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-e-clarke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:36:09.799Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-e-clarke"
name: "Mary E. Clarke"
slug: "mary-e-clarke"
description: "Mary Elizabeth Clarke  was a United States Army officer who was the department head of the Women's Army Corps. She was promoted to the rank of major general in the United States Army and was the first woman to attain this rank. She served in the United States Army for thirty six years, the longest ever served for a woman in the United States Army. In 1978 Norwich University awarded her an honorary doctorate in military science. She retired in 1981 and was on the Women in the Services Defense Advisory Committee."
tagline: "United States Army major general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MaryEClarke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Public Official"
  slug: "public-official"
birthDate: "1924-12-03"
deathDate: "2011-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.52
  momentum:             14.68085106382979
  historical:           5.676566666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_E._Clarke"
    title: "Mary E. Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D9%8A._%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "ماري إي. كلارك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_E._Clarke"
    title: "Mary E. Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_E._Clarke"
    title: "Mary E. Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A6%DB%8C._%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9"
    title: "ماری ئی. کلارک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_E._Clarke"
    title: "Mary E. Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16019015"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump