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Colonel Brewer assumed duty as Deputy Director of the Division of Information, Headquarters Marine Corps, when the Director of Women Marines' office was disbanded because of the strides made in integrating women into an expanded role in the Corps. For meritorious service as the
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Director of the Division of Information, Headquarters Marine Corps, Brewer was nominated to the post of Director of the Division of Information, which required a general rank. At the time, the Marine Corps did not allow women to hold the a general rank, President Carter
228:, on July 1, 1930, to Maurice and Anne Brewer. Her parents divorced early in her life. Her ancestors on her fathers' side were early settlers of Michigan and are buried near Bishop Airport in Flint, Michigan. Brewer received her primary education in Michigan, attending
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709:. Retrieved on 2007-09-06.
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