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1. www.nytimes.com › 2017/08/14 › usWest Point Cadet, Simone Askew, Breaks a Racial and Gender ...

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   Aug 14, 2017 · Cadet Simone Askew breaks a barrier by becoming the first female African-American first captain at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

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3. www.westpoint.edu › news › west-point-newsThrough Struggle and Strife, Women of West Point Carve out a ...

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   May 23, 2023 · Women like Maj. Kristen Griest, a tactical officer at West Point, broke new ground, becoming one of the first two women to graduate from Ranger School and serve as the first female Infantry officer.

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4. americanhomefront.wunc.org › 2017/03/24 › west-pointWest Point Women: Photo Scandal Shouldn't Overshadow Women's ...

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   Mar 24, 2017 · Lt. Col. Carol Barkalow, now retired, was in the first class at West Point that included women. The Marine Corps photo scandal has disappointed some veterans who helped break down barriers...

5. www.thenmusa.org › articles › first-class-of-womenPride and Excellence: The First Class of Women at West Point

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   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.

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7. westpointwomen.org › pages › athena-speaks-fiftyAthena Speaks: Fifty Years of Women at West Point

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   This project, Athena Speaks: Fifty Years of Women at West Point, carries the spirit of the 30-year publication forward by inviting new and original creative submissions from alumni and current cadets to honor fifty years of women at the Academy and reflect on the diversity of women’s experiences.

8. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › w3cswsfpBBC World Service - Witness History, Women At West Point

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   Jul 27, 2018 · Women At West Point. In July 1976, women were admitted to the prestigious West Point military academy in the United States for the first time. Simon Watts talks to Marene Nyberg, one of the...

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   Where did the first women graduate from West Point Military Academy?

   • 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.

   Pride and Excellence: The First Class of Women at West Point

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   How many African-American women graduate from West Point?

   • The larger Army has historically been at the forefront of military integration, but West Point has yet to see more than 20 African-American women graduate in a single class. “Simone looks like America,” said Pat Walter Locke, the first African-American woman to graduate from West Point and one of Simone’s mentors.

   West Point Cadet, Simone Askew, Breaks a Racial and Gender Barrier

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   What did women do at West Point?

   • Women soon made strides in the realm of academics and athletics. In the second year at West Point, the top academic student in the class of 1980 was a woman. The nascent women’s basketball and volleyball teams won their respective state titles in their first year, earning a varsity status and their peer’s respect.

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   Why did West Point include women in its academies?

   • To them, the inclusion of women merely brought West Point up to the standards that the Reserve Officer Training Corps and Officer Candidate School commissioning programs upheld for almost a decade prior to the admission of women into the service academies and provided the post-Vietnam Army more qualified recruits.

   Pride and Excellence: The First Class of Women at West Point

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   When did the first women arrive at West Point?

   • Women arrive at West Point, July 7, 1976. Department of Defense Exactly ten months later, on July 7, 1976, the first 119 women arrived at West Point for “Reception Day” and the start of their Cadet Basic Training. The decision to enroll varied, but a call to serve resonated within each one.

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   Are West Point women still in the Army?

   • National Archives and Records Administration Since that inaugural class of 1980, West Point women have served as the surgeon general of the Army, dean of academics at West Point, and the commandant of cadets at West Point. Younger generations of women who graduated from West Point continue to shape the Army today.

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10. www.awfdn.org › documentary-on-women-at-west-pointDocumentary on “Women at West Point: Breaking Barriers of the ...

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    After conducting extensive research and interviews, Kathryn Miller and Kailyn Rowland wrote, directed, and produced a documentary telling the historical journey of the first women to graduate from the United States Military Academy.