World War II and Personal Life
Jacobs served as a commander in the U.S. Navy intelligence during World War II, one of only five women to achieve that rank in the Navy.
Long known to have been lesbian, her lifelong companion was Virginia Gurnee. Jacobs died of heart failure in East Hampton, New York on June 2, 1997.
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