TIMELINE: A History Of Women In The US Military

I am always interested in the advancement in the positive direction of the military family as I repeat these 2 statements

The Oath of Enlistment to defend the Constitution Preamble "We The People"

Women have served with great honor and valor in defense of our nation since the Revolutionary War in 1775. Deborah Sampson
disguised herself as a man to fight in the Continental Army and Mary Ludwig Hays (“Molly Pitcher”) brought water to soldiers on the battlefield. During World War I women served as nurses, bilingual telephone operators, stenographers, and clerks. During World War II hundreds of thousands of women served the war effort at home and abroad performing a variety of jobs in intelligence, supply, medicine, communications, and administration. Women also flew American military planes as carriers, test pilots, and anti-aircraft artillery trainers. The contributions of these women convinced congressional leaders to pass the 1948 Women’s Armed Services Act granting women more status in the US military. Opportunities for women continued to increase during the Cold War era with the opening of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), Chaplain Corps, Civil Engineer Corps, and the service academies.
FAMOUS WOMEN IN HISTORY
Dr. Mary E. Walker - the first, and only, woman to receive The
Medal of Honor; earned as a contract surgeon during the Civil War
Annie G. Fox - the first woman to receive The Purple Heart; earned while serving as an officer in the Army Nurse Corps at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Grace Hopper – Rear Admiral in the US Navy and leading computer scientist during the Cold War; developed Mark II and Mark III computers, contributed to the design of the COBOL programming language, and received the National Medal of Technology
Ruby Bradley – survived two wars, a prison camp, and near starvation to become a Colonel in the Army and one of the most decorated woman in US military history with 34 medals and citations of bravery