Major Charlotte Gower Chapman
American anthropologist and the second female officer to join the US Marine Corps, commissioned with the rank of Captain in 1943.
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Wendy Wamsley Taines
American army corporal who served as a medic during the Persian Gulf War
Adeline Blanchard Tyler
American nurse, missionary, and activist known for her nursing work during the American Civil War.
Alice Rohe
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.
Gertrude Sanford Legendre
In 1944, she became the first American woman in uniform to be captured in Germany during an unauthorized visit to the front near Luxembourg.
Alta Corbett
During World War II, Alta Corbett went to Washington, D.C., and worked for the War Department in the Air Branch. Corbett was accepted into the Women Airforce Service Pilot program in 1943.
Barbara Erickson London
In August 1942, while an instructor at Walla Walla, she was accepted into the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron.
Dorothy Olsen
When she joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots in 1943, she ferried aircraft, making 61 flights delivering many types of planes.
Dorothy E Scott
WASP Dorothy F. Scott was killed in a mid-air collision on December 3, 1943.
Commander Darlene Iskra
In December 1990, she became the first woman to take command of a U.S. Navy ship, aptly named the Opportune.