Tag: women
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21st Century
Leadership in the Modern Navy (Left to right) Captain Vernice Armour, USMC; Captain Barbara A. Sisson; Master Chief Zenaida Colon; Commander Sara Joyner; Rear Admiral Margaret Kibben. Click image to download. 2001 Captain Vernice Armour, USMC, earned her wings in 2001. The Department of Defense acknowledged her as the first female African American combat pilot in… Read more
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Civil War to World War II
Answering the Call (Left to right) The “Sacred Twenty,” first Navy nurses; Yeoman First Class (F) Joy Bright; Lieutenant (j.g.) Ann Bernatitus; Lieutenant (j.g.) Harriet Ida Pickens and Ensign Frances Wills. Click image to download. 1862 In 1862, Sisters of the Holy Cross served aboard USS Red Rover, the Navy’s first hospital ship, joining a crew… Read more
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Postwar Years to 1990s
New Opportunities, New Achievements (Left to right) Lieutenant Charlene T. Suneson, USNR, and Lieutenant (j.g.) J.A. Bishop, USN; Hospitalman Elena J. Peckenpaugh; Lieutenant Commander Barbara Allen Rainey; Captain Joan C. Bynum; Rear Admiral Lillian Fishburne. Click image to download. 1948–1949 The Women’s Armed Forces Integration Act of July 30, 1948, allowed women to serve in… Read more