Minnie Spotted Wolf
One of the first Native American women to enlist in the U.S. military, who joined the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve.
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Edith Nourse Rogers
American champion of veterans and women in the military
Major Alice Appleford
Nurse and nursing administrator, Major Alice Appleford was a highly decorated war heroine who continued throughout both war and peace time to be a role model for women.
Florence Finch
Florence Finch aided United States military intelligence and the Philippine resistance movement during World War II. She provided supplies to prisoners of war (POWs) in Manila when the Japanese occupied the island, and she survived arrest and interrogation.
Emma Stephenson
Formerly enslaved in the state of Kentucky, Emma Stephenson voluntarily served as a nurse with the U.S. 17th Army Corps.
Dorothy C Stratton
Dorothy Stratton was the Director of the SPARS, the women’s reserve branch of the US Coast Guard during World War II.
Burnardine Fraser Flanagan
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.
Millie Dunn
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Wendy Noble
Deputy Director, National Security Agency (US)
Dr Loy McAfee
Dr. Loy McAfee served as a contract surgeon with the surgeon general’s office of the U.S. Army during World War I.