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Mildred Helen McAfee Horton (12 May 1900 – 2 September 1994) was an American academic, educator, naval officer, and religious leader. She served during World War II as first director of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in the United States Navy.
US Marine and Catholic nun trapped on enemy island in Pacific Ocean theater of World War II: 1957 United States Hellcats of the Navy: Nathan Juran: Submarine warfare in Pacific Theatre: 1957 United States Kiss Them for Me: Stanley Donen: Comedy. US Navy pilots on leave in San Francisco 1957 Norway Nine Lives: Ni Liv: Arne Skouen: Drama.
Carmelita Vigil-Schimmenti became the first Hispanic female in the United States military to attain the rank of general. [95] [96] The US Postal Service issued a stamp honoring Mary McLeod Bethune, an educator and civil rights activist, who pressured U.S. Army leaders to allow black women in the WAAC/WAC during World War II. She assisted in the ...
Phyllis Mae Dailey (March 12, 1919 – October 31, 1976) was an American nurse and officer who became the first African American woman either to serve in the United States Navy or to become a commissioned Navy officer.
Lieutenant Lynn Spruill became the first female navy pilot qualified to land on aircraft carriers. [78] 1979 The first woman in the navy to qualify as a surface warfare officer did so this year. [79] 1980 The first women graduated from the United States Naval Academy. There were 81 women in the class of 1980 at the Naval Academy, and 55 of them ...
In 1945, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (the only all African-American, all-female battalion during World War II) worked in England and France, making them the first black female battalion to travel overseas. Commanded by Major Early, the battalion was composed of 30 officers and 800 enlisted women.
Dorothy Constance Stratton (March 24, 1899 – September 17, 2006) is best known as the first director of the SPARS, the U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve.. In 1942, she became the first woman to be commissioned an officer in U.S. Coast Guard and is credited with giving its Women's Reserve program the name of SPARS, an acronym created from the Coast Guard motto, Semper Paratus, and its English ...
Frances Eliza Wills (married name: Frances Thorpe; 12 July 1910 – 18 January 1998) [1] [2] was an American naval officer and one of the first two African American female officers commissioned by the United States Navy. [3] After her years with the WAVES, she worked as secretary to Langston Hughes. [4] [5]