Clare Boothe Luce
US congresswoman (1942-1946), ambassador, playwright, socialite, and war reporter
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May Craig
Washington correspondent Elisabeth May Adams Craig covered World War II with the same keen eye and sharp tongue that informed her daily “Inside in Washington” column for nearly fifty years.
Toni Frissell
Remembered today principally for her high-fashion photography for Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, Toni Frissell volunteered her photographic services to the American Red Cross, Women’s Army Corps, and Eighth Army Air Force during WWII. On their behalf, she produced thousands of images of nurses, front-line soldiers, WACs, African-American airmen, and orphaned children.
Thérèse Bonney
Bonney’s images of homeless children and adults on the backroads of Europe touched millions of viewers in the United States and abroad during WWII.
Dr Sarah Botsai
Dr. Botsai spent twelve years in Operations before she was selected for a tour as the NSA representative in the White House Situation Room, the first NSA woman to hold this position. After her two-year tour she was asked to return as the Deputy Director of the White House Situation Room. She also attended the National War College, the first NSA woman to do so, graduating in 1977.
Vera Shoffner Russell
Vera Shoffner Russell graduated from West Virginia State College as a math and physics major in 1951. She took the government employment math test and was offered a position at the NSA. She reported to the Agency in 1951 and was assigned as a programmer on the early computers, ABNER 2, ATLAS 1, and ATLAS 2.
Dr Joycelyn Elders
Dr. Joycelyn Elders was the first person in the state of Arkansas to become board certified in pediatric endocrinology and the first African American and only the second woman to head the U.S. Public Health Service.
Mitsu Yashima
Japanese-American artist, children’s book author, and civic activist who worked with the OSS (predecessor to the CIA)
Rose O’Neal Greenhow
Washington socialite on the eve of the Civil War and a spy for the Confederacy
Ruth Wilson
Ruth Wilson was hired by the NSA in 1918 as a Spanish linguist for the first peacetime cryptologic service MI-8 better known as the “American Black Chamber.”