Celebrating Character Courage & Commitment - Women’s History Month 2014

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1862 Sisters of the Holy Cross 1942 The WAVES 1961 Lieutenant Charlene T. Suneson, USNR, 1976 Congress 1990 Rear Admiral Marsha J. 2004 Mary A. DeCredico, Ph.D., appointed served aboard USS Red Rover, [Women accepted for reported for duty on board USS General Mann mandated Evans, USN, was the first woman first female Vice Academic Dean at USNA. the Navy’s first hospital ship, volunteer emergency (AP 112) and became the first line WAVE to that women to command a Naval Station, joining a crew of 12 officers and service] was established have shipboard duty. Berta Peters Billeb became be admitted Treasure Island. 2006 Brigadier General Angela 35 enlisted providing medical with the appointment on the first woman Marine promoted to Sergeant to the service Salinas, USMC, became the first care. August 3 of Lieutenant Major. academies Lieutenant Commander Darlene M. Iskra, Hispanic woman flag officer in Commander Mildred including the USN was the first Navy woman to command a the U.S. Marine Corps. 1908 H. McAfee, USNR, 1967 Congress authorized women to achieve U.S. Naval ship, USS Opportune (ARS 41). Congress as the Director of the flag rank in the U.S. Navy. Academy and Commander Rosemary Mariner, USN, Rear Admiral Margaret D. established WAVES. They worked CDR Grace Hopper, USN, 81 women took the oath in became the first woman assigned to command Klein,USN ‘81, became the the Navy in administration, was recalled to active duty and July, 1976. an aviation squadron. first female Commandant of Nurse Corps, aviation, Judge Advocate assigned to the CNO’s staff as Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval May 13; and Corps, medical, communications, intelligence, Director, Navy Programming 1978 Brigadier General 1991 41,000 U.S. Armed Forces women served Academy. She now serves as the Surgeon storekeeper, science, and technology. Languages Group. As co- Margaret A. Brewer became in theater during Desert Storm. Chief of Staff, U.S. Cyber General Over 84,000 enlisted women and over inventor of COBOL and the first U.S. Marine Corps flag officer. Command. appointed 8,000 officers in the U.S. Navy and 23,145 a pioneer in computer 1992 Navy strengthened its zero-tolerance Esther Voorhees Hasson as the Superintendent. Marine Corps women served during World technology, RADM Hopper served in the Navy 1980 The first fifty-four women graduated policy toward sexual harassment. 2011 Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus She had service as an Army nurse aboard War II in clerical work, as parachute riggers, until 1986. from the U.S. Naval Academy, 51% of whom approved women to be assigned to Ohio class hospital ship Relief during the Spanish- mechanics, radio operators, map makers, motor later became career officers. Brigadier General Carol A. submarines, January 9, 2011. American War. transport support, and welders. 1970 Captain Alma G. Ellis, USN became the Mutter became the first woman first woman line officer assigned to the U.S. to command Fleet Marine Vice Admiral Michelle J. Howard, USN ’82 is the 1917 Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels 1943 Captain Anne Lentz, USMCR, became Naval Academy as Director, USNA Museum. Force, 3d Force Service Support first female Naval Academy approved enlisting women in the Navy on the first woman officer in the U.S. Marine Group, Okinawa. graduate to achieve flag rank. March 17, just a few weeks before the United Corps Women’s Reserve, on February 14. 1972 Lieutenant Commander Georgia Clark, She is also the first woman States entered World War I. During the war USN became the first female naval officer Rear Admiral Eleanor Mariano, to serve as Commander, 11,275 Yeomanettes had service as office 1944 Public Law 238 granted full military rank faculty member at the U.S. Naval Academy. USN became the first Filipino Expeditionary Strike Group 2. administrators, to members of the Navy Nurse Corps; and, graduate of the Uniformed draftsman, Sue Dauser, Director, Navy Nurse Corps, 1972 Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo Services University of Medicine, 2012 The highest ranking interpreters, became first woman commissioned in the rank Zumwalt issued Z-116 that authorized entry first woman Director, White House women in the Navy today are couriers, and of Captain on December 23. of women to all ratings, allowed women to be Medical Unit, and Physician to the three-star admirals: Vice Admiral Ann Rondeau, translators; and assigned to noncombatant surface ships. President. USN, National Defense University president; another 1,550 women 1945 400,000 women served in the U.S. Rear Admiral Alene Duerk, 1981 First enlisted women assigned as surface Vice Admiral Carol Pottenger, USN, deputy chief served as Navy nurses. Armed Forces during World War II. Director, Navy Nurse Corps, and warfare specialists. Midshipman Julianne Gallina became of staff, NATO Headquarters, and Vice Admiral In addition, 307 line officer, Rear Admiral Fran CDR Diane C. Durban, USN (Ret.) is the the first woman Brigade Commander Michelle Howard, USN, Deputy Commander, women served in the 1948 Women’s Armed Forces Integration Act McKee become the first women first Jewish woman graduate from USNA. at USNA, fall semster 1992. U.S. Fleet Forces. Marine Corps, mostly (Public Law 625), July 30, allowed women to serve promoted to flag rank. in stateside clerical in the peace time military with some restrictions 1989 First woman assigned as Command Mas- More than 53,000 active duty women and more duties at headquarters and a ceiling of 2% of the total force. 1973 The first coed class ter Chief at sea, Janice Ayers. 1993 Congress repealed the Combat than 10,000 female reservists are serving in the and at recruiting graduated from Navy Officer Exclusion Law preventing women from serving on Navy, comprising 19.5 % of the Navy Total Force. stations around the 1950 For the first time in history, Marine Corps Candidate School (OCS). combatant ships. country. Women Reserves were mobilized for the Korean Rae Jean B. Goodman, Ph.D., was appointed as The Navy currently has 35 active and reserve female War reaching a peak strength of 2,787. the first USNA female civilian faculty member. 1995 Commander Wendy flag officers and 59 female command master chiefs. 1918 35,000 women served in the U.S. Armed First four women chosen for flight training at Lawrence, USN, became the Forces during World War I 1953 Secretary of Defense George Marshall Pensacola. first Navy woman in space January 24, 2013 - Combat Exclusion Law established a Defense Advisory Committee on aboard space shuttle Endeavor, repealed, allowing women to serve in combat Women in the Service because of low recruiting 7,500 U.S. Armed Forces launched on March 2. roles in the U.S. military. numbers. women served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. 1996 Lieutenant General January 2013- SECNAV announces the first women Carol A. Mutter, USMC, became the first 1954 More than one thousand U.S. Armed to join Virginia-class attack subs have been chosen: Marine Corps female officer to wear three stars Forces women served on duty in Korea during 1974 Lieutenant Barbara Allen, and only the second woman in history of the They are newly commissioned female officers who will the Korean War. USN became the first Navy armed services to do so. report to their subs in 2015. woman pilot to earn her wings, February 22. 1998 Five women were selected to command 2014 - First female Vice CNO confirmed by All photos courtesy of: USNA Archives, USNA Photo combatant ships with Commander Maureen A. Senate; VADM Howard to put on 4 stars in early Lab, the USNA Lucky Bag, Naval Academy Athletic First women commissioned Chief of Naval Operations ADM Jonathan Farren, USS Mount Vernon (LSD 39), the first 2014. Association, U.S. Navy photos, and NASA. through NROTC. Greenert congratulates VADM Michelle Howard. to assume command. Celebrating Women of Courage, Character & Commitment at the U. S. Naval Academy

Catain Sunita L.Williams,, USN, ‘87 - With 50 hours Captain Sunita Williams, and 40 minutes, Williams USN, has spent 322 days in space on two missions, the holds the record for total Captain Sara most recent mission from July Joyner, USN, ‘89, cumulative spacewalk time through November 2012. by a female astronaut. first woman to command a Carrier Air Wing.

Current JBHO members visit Women’s Memorial, Arlington, VA. First Class of Women Midshipmen 1980

Elizabeth A. Belzer, ‘80 first female distin- guished graduate and Trident Scholar Vice Admiral Michelle J. Howard, USN, ‘82, Deputy Comannder, U.S.Fleet Forces, first African American woman to command a ship and has been confirmed as the VCNO in March 2014.

Colonel Bobbi Shea, USMC, ‘91, first female Deputy Commandant of Janie L. Mines, Midshipmen. ‘80 - first African First 11 women to be trained for Ohio class submariens, all American female 2010 USNA grads. Kristine Holdereid,‘84 RADM Margaret D. first female to RADM Nora Tyson, USN was the first Klein, USN ‘81, first graduate first in her woman to command a carrier strike group. Professor Angela Moran, Ph.D., Dept. of female Commandant of class Mechanical Engineering. Innovator in STEM Midshipmen at USNA, outreach programs. Chief of Staff, J5, on the Joint Staff.

Professor Rae Jean Goodman, Ph.D., Economics Dept., first female civilian faculty

LT Amy Tom- linson, USN, first female naval flight officer selected for the Blue Angels. Captain Kathryn P. Hire, USN, ‘81, first female in U.S. CDR Becky (Dowling) Calder, USN (Ret.), ‘98, first Brigadier General Lori Reynolds, Matice J. Wright,‘88 Juliane J. Gallina, ‘92 military to be assigned to a combat aircrew, she became female Top Gun pilot grad and only female USNA USMC, ‘86, first female command- first African American first female Brigade an astronaut in 1995. She has logged 711 hours in space. graduate to have her varsity number retired. er MCRD, Parris Island. female Naval Flight Officer Commander