Dorothy Constance Stratton

Dorothy Constance Stratton (born March 24, 1899, Brookfield, Mo., U.S.—died Sept. 17, 2006, West Lafayette, Ind.) was an American educator, naval officer, and public official, who is best remembered as the planner and first director of the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve. Stratton graduated from the University of Ottawa in 1920 and earned a master’s degree from the University of Chicago in 1924 and a doctorate from Columbia University, New York City, in 1932. In 1933...