Captain Joan Bynum
![A portrait of Captain Joan Bynum below her portrait is drawing of her hands one on top of the other. A portrait of Captain Joan Bynum below her portrait is drawing of her hands one on top of the other.](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/art/travelling-exhibits/women-in-uniform-/captain-joan-bynum/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1547224736801.jpg)
Captain Joan Bynum, the Navy’s first African-American female captain, achieved that rank in 1979 in the Nurse Corps.
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- People--Women
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- Art
Wars & Conflicts
Navy Communities
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