Leslianne Shedd—a young, courageous, highly successful CIA operations officer serving in East Africa—was a passenger on an Ethiopian Airlines flight when it was hijacked and then crashed into the Indian Ocean in 1996, killing 125 people, including Leslianne.
During the First World War, Lawrence disguised herself as a man, and using the alias Denis Smith, joined the British Army.
American who fought in the US Civil War disguised as a man
Englishwoman Hannah Snell assumed the identity of her brother-in-law, James Gray, after her child died and her husband deserted her. For four years, she served in the British Royal Marines.
American WWII intelligence officer
American anthropologist and the second female officer to join the US Marine Corps, commissioned with the rank of Captain in 1943.
American army corporal who served as a medic during the Persian Gulf War
American nurse, missionary, and activist known for her nursing work during the American Civil War.
Alice Rohe became a newspaper writer in the 1890s and joined Theta Sigma Phi, the first American journalism professional society for women, when it was established in 1909.
In 1944, she became the first American woman in uniform to be captured in Germany during an unauthorized visit to the front near Luxembourg.