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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Maritza_Sáenz_RyanMaritza Sáenz Ryan - Wikipedia

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   Brigadier general Maritza Sáenz Ryan[note 1] (born c. 1960) is a former United States Army officer, and head of the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy. She was the first woman and first Hispanic (Puerto Rican and Spanish heritage) West Point graduate to serve as an academic department head.

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3. 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.

4. www.armytimes.com › news › your-armySimone Askew is first black woman to lead West Point cadets

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   Aug 15, 2017 · WEST POINT, N.Y. — Simone Askew marched into history Monday as the first black woman to lead the Long Grey Line at the U.S. Military Academy.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 2017_Women's_March2017 Women's March - Wikipedia

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   Women's March on Washington. Part of the Women's rights movement and Protests against Donald Trump. Demonstrators at the Women's March on Washington in Washington, D.C. Date. January 21–22, 2017. Location. Worldwide, with flagship march in Washington, D.C. Caused by.

6. 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. The sacrifices and innovative strides stemmed from women who went above and beyond to prove that trivial notions of gender-based limitations cannot ...

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

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   National Museum of the United States Army. 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.

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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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   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.

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

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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.

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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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9. edition.cnn.com › 2017/08/15 › usFirst black woman to lead West Point cadets ‘humbled’ by ...

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   Aug 15, 2017 · Cadet Simone Askew -- the first African-American woman to be First Captain of West Point's Corps of Cadets -- cheers on members of the Class of 2021 at a checkpoint.