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Jan 12, 2022 · Leslie’s TEDx talk is on how women at West Point, a military institution that was all men for the first 174 years of its existence, “broke the mold” of the traditional model cadet, a man.
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Oct 27, 2010 · The first women of West Point. On the morning of July 7, 1976, 119 women joined the Corps of Cadets, establishing the first class of females at The United States Military Academy at West...
May 23, 2023 · Women throughout the decades display their mettle and fervent desire to lead Soldiers to prove that trivial notions of gender-based limitations cannot measure the desire to serve effectively and lead honorably. The tried and tested way of accomplishing that was by mastering military skills.
West Point Women is a global network providing mentorship, education, and support to women graduates and cadets of the United States Military Academy.
Women of West Point. A virtual tour of the United States Military Academy.
Pride and Excellence: The First Class of Women at West Point. The story of the first women graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point begins not along the banks of the Hudson River, where the school is located, but in Washington, D.C. There, on October 7, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed Public Law 94-106, opening ...
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Ties of work, affection, and widowhood bound these women together and shaped a compelling and complicated legacy that stretched across antebellum West Point.
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