Evelyn Marguerite Craig, the first woman letter carrier to deliver mail in Washington, DC, since World War II, died March 26 at age 91.
Although women were temporarily appointed to deliver mail during the war because of a shortage of available men, it was not until 1963 when the Civil Service Commission ended sex discrimination that the Post Office Department hired women to also deliver mail. That year, the Associated Press reported on the trailblazing group of 125 nationwide hires dubbed “lady mailmen” and pictured Craig.
According to her obituary, the Temple University graduate was also a talented musician with perfect pitch who performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
During her lifetime, she also appeared as a contestant on the popular TV game shows “Wheel of Fortune” and “Name That Tune,” where she won a 52-day cruise to South America.
Inspection Service honors Texas employee
The Postal Inspection Service recently awarded a certificate of recognition to Kadreen Simpson, a customer services supervisor in Denton, TX, who reported a scam and ended up helping at least 18 victims targeted in an online ruse.
Simpson’s suspicions were first raised when a customer said she needed to mail a cashier’s check to her boyfriend who was stuck in Europe and needed the funds to retrieve his passport.
Simpson had also noticed an unusual number of Priority Mail Express items from throughout the country being delivered to an apartment in Corinth, TX.
She passed this information to the Postal Inspection Service, which confirmed that many of the targets believed they were sending money to online romantic partners or responding to lottery winnings claims.
Thanks to Simpson, at least 18 victims were able to recover thousands of dollars.
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