Evelyn Johnson
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
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Mary Crawford Ragland
Company clerk in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during WWII
Fannie Griffin McClendon
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in WWII
Catherine Aucella
Executive Director of the US’s National Security Agency.
Violet Hill Gordon
Violet Gordon served as an officer in the WAC’s 32nd Company, as well as with the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.
Essie Dell O’Bryant Woods
Staff Sergeant Essie Woods and her sisters, one older and one younger, all enlisted in the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps in 1943; member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Dr Margaret Williams Weir
The first Aboriginal person to matriculate to an Australian university. In January 1957 the University of Queensland offered her a scholarship and she commenced an arts degree.
Alyce Dixon
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Velva Klaessy
In 1944, she joined the World War II cryptologic effort, remaining in the field long after the war.
Annie Etheridge
As a nurse, vivandière, and “Daughter of the Regiment,” Etheridge cemented herself in US Civil War history as a woman unafraid to provide aid in the heart of a battlefield.