Anna Belle Fields

 The AnnaBelle Fields Scholarship Fund was birthed in 2021 in honor of late Mrs. Fields who was one of the first four African-American women to be permitted into the United States Military's Nursing Program.  The fund is awarded to any minority medical, nursing, medical assisting, radiology or sonography student who displays academic excellence, legacy and community service! 

History & Legacy

Anna Fields was born in Columbus, OH on January 14, 1915.  She lost her mother at the tender ago of 2 and was adopted by her mother's sister who raised her until she married the late Karl William Fields Sr., who was a wounded in Italy during World War II. They have four children (William, Karl II, Pamela and Paula).  Anna Belle lived a life of service, beginning with her passion for nursing.  After graduating from Practical Nursing School in Chicago, she to work for Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus, OH.  She was recruited as one of few Black nurses into the U.S. Army- 31st Women's Army Corps (W.A.C.) Division, where she served in the very first Black Army Corp Unit, initiated by the late Ms. Mary McLeod Bethune under President Theodore Roosevelt.  She served as a surgical technician working with amputees from 1942 through 1945 at Thomas M. England General Hospital in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which received war casualties from Europe and North Africa.

After being honorably discharged she continued to work in the nursing field for an additional 25 years; caring for patients younger than herself.  Mrs. Fields made (and continues to make) an impact on every life she has touched.  She has always taught her family to serve those in need in any way they can.  Through her daughters and granddaughters her legacy of servanthood, laughter and love live on.

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