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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 · 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 Point.
Jul 7, 1976 · #1. 1976 Female cadets enrolled at West Point. For the first time in history, women are enrolled into the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. On May 28, 1980, 62 of these female cadets graduated and were commissioned as second lieutenants.
Women at West Point. 1979 · 1 hr 36 min. TV-PG. Drama. A dramatization of the first women to endure the rigors of the military academy, West Point, and break the all-male barrier spanning 174 years. Subtitles: English.
- Vincent Sherman
- January 1, 1979
- Linda Purl
Women at West Point: Directed by Vincent Sherman. With Linda Purl, Leslie Ackerman, Jameson Parker, Andrew Stevens. The story of the first women to enter the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and how they--and the school--faced the resultant problems.
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- Drama
- Vincent Sherman
- 1979-02-27
Women in the first class remarked that the new cadet uniform, tailored to women, used plastic zippers instead of the metal ones found on the men’s pants. As a result, dozens ripped, tore, or failed within the first day of their “plebe” year, requiring them to borrow from sympathetic male peers.
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May 27, 2020 · As the top-ranked woman in the class, Andrea Hollen —who was also a Rhodes Scholar that year —became the first woman to receive a West Point diploma and become a member of the Long Gray...
