Anna Mae Violet McCabe Hays (February 16, 1920 – January 7, 2018) was an American military officer who served as the 13th chief of the U.S.
Army Nurse Corps.
She was the first woman in the U.S.
Armed Forces to be promoted to a General Officer rank; in 1970, she was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General.
Hays paved the way for equal treatment of women, countering occupational sexism, and made a number of recommendations, which were accepted into military policy.