Lieutenant Commander Josephine Beatrice Bowman
In 1908, she joined the newly-established U.S. Navy Nurse Corps as one of its first twenty members. She was promoted to Chief Nurse in 1911. In 1919, she became the first Navy women to serve at sea.
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Mildred Marjorie Cleghorn Womack
One of six Native American women who enlisted in the US Coast Guard SPARS during World War II
Corrine Koshiway Goslin
Corrine Koshiway Goslin Mzhickteno (Otoe) dedicated her life to serving her tribal nation and the United States, including by serving in the Coast Guard during World War II.
Anne Chamberlaine
Putting on the dress of a sailor, she joined the crew of a fine ship, commanded by one of her brothers; and in an engagement with the French, she fought most gallantly for upwards of six hours.
Isobel Bennett
Australian marine biologist, particularly renowned as a pioneer of coral reef biology.
Helen Churchill Candee
American journalist, author, and social reformer, who achieved widespread recognition for her diverse career and her survival of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
Vice Admiral Patricia Ann Tracey
The first woman in the Navy to be promoted to the rank of three-star admiral.
Dr Helen Battle
Trailblazing Canadian ichthyologist and marine biologist.
Amy Curtis
Superintendent of the Women’s Royal Naval Service in the Portsmouth command (1939–44), worked in the resettlement advice service of the British ministry of labour and national service (1945–8), and was chief administrative officer of the Women’s Land Army in its last years (1948–50).
Marie Tharp
Marie Tharp was an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer. In the 1950s, she worked with geologist Bruce Heezen to make the first scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor.