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Ann Elizabeth Dunwoody (born 14 January 1953) [2] [3] is a retired general of the United States Army. She was the first woman in United States military and uniformed service history to achieve a four-star officer rank, receiving her fourth star on 14 November 2008.
This is a list of female United States military generals and flag officers, that are either currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, or are retired.They are listed under their respective service branches, which make up the Department of Defense, with the exception of the Coast Guard, which is part of Homeland Security.
They played a critical role in the advise and assist efforts that led to the liberation of Mosul on 20 July 2017. Of note, LTC Curtis was the second female battalion commander in the history of the unit (the first was Ret. Gen. Ann Dunwoody) and the first woman to lead the organization through a combat deployment.
14 November: Lieutenant General Ann E. Dunwoody, U.S. Army, becomes the first U.S. military female officer to be promoted to the rank of four-star general. [156] Anita K. Blair served as acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) in 2008. [157]
English: From May 1989 to May 1991, Dunwoody served as executive officer and later division parachute officer for the 407th Supply and Transportation Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, at Fort Bragg and deployed to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm.
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
Anne McDowell was the first American woman to publish a newspaper completely run by women; it was circulated weekly and titled, "Women's Advocate". [24] [25] Emeline Roberts Jones was the first woman to practice dentistry in the United States. [26] She married the dentist Daniel Jones when she was a teenager, and became his assistant in 1855. [27]
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