Army Names First Black Woman As Two-Star General : NPR: The Army has appointed its first black female two-star general.
Wisconsin native Marcia Anderson was promoted after a military career that spans more than three decades.
And she says she hopes her achievement inspires young service members to become leaders.
A Historic Promotion
Anderson's civilian job is clerk of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Madison, Wis.
"It's just a beautiful fall morning in Wisconsin, and I walked in the building, and everyone greeted me as though I had just left yesterday," she says on her first day back.