Born: 22 June 1898, United States
Died: 26 April 1977
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Mrs Sebastian Ambrogi
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Edith M. Giovannoni was born in Washington, D.C. on 22 June 1898. She served as a Yeoman (F) in the U.S. Naval Reserve Force during the World War I era. At the beginning of January 1919, while assigned to the Bureau of Navigation in Washington, she was promoted from Yeoman Second Class to Yeoman First Class. After leaving active duty in 1919 she was employed by the Navy Department, later shifting to the U.S. Marine Corps, and worked for the Marines until retiring from U.S. Government service in the later 1940s or early 1950s.
In 1921 Edith Giovannoni married Sebastian Ambrogi. They made their home in Washington until the later 1950s, then moved to nearby Bethesda, Maryland. Edith Giovannoni Ambrogi died there on 26 April 1977.