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1. 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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3. www.army.mil › article › 47238The first women of West Point | Article | The United States Army

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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. Of those, 62 women walked...

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

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   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 ...

5. www.nytimes.com › women-of-west-pointThe Women of West Point - The New York Times

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   Sep 5, 2014 · The Women of West Point. Few collegians work as hard as the U.S. Military Academy’s 786 female cadets. Photographs by Damon Winter Introduction by Kevin Cahillane

6. www.army.mil › article › 235994Forty years have passed since the first women graduated from ...

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   May 27, 2020 · It has become a popular refrain among women from the inaugural class that West Point is built upon years of “tradition unmarred by progress,” but on that July day in 1976 when they donned the...

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7. storymaps.arcgis.com › stories › da737ff194d34a1bb50Women of West Point - ArcGIS StoryMaps

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   Women of West Point. A virtual tour of the United States Military Academy.

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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.

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   Is West Point a female school?

   • “Class of 2014, dismissed,” she said. From its founding in 1802, on George Washington’s earlier recommendation, until 1976, West Point admitted no women. Since then, more than 4,100 have followed in the steps of the first 62 female graduates in 1980.

   The Women of West Point - The New York Times

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   How many women graduated from West Point?

   • In 1980, 62 females graduated from West Point, representing 6.7 percent of the class. Last week, 303 females graduated from West Point, making up 23 percent of the Class of 2019.

   First female West Point graduate reflects on historic anniversary

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   Why did West Point not have women?

   • Uniforms malfunctioned or didn’t fit right as the academy adjusted to a new population, and West Point was led by a superintendent, Lt. Gen. Sidney B. Berry, who originally resisted the arrival of females. On Reception Day July 7, 1976, the women in the Class of 1980 had opened the doors to the academy as the first women to be admitted.

   Forty years have passed since the first women graduated from West Point

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   Does West Point accept women?

   • From its founding in 1802, on George Washington’s earlier recommendation, until 1976, West Point admitted no women. Since then, more than 4,100 have followed in the steps of the first 62 female graduates in 1980. Many more are on the way, too, now that the American military will be opening combat positions to qualifying women by 2016.

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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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9. www.cbsnews.com › news › 35-years-since-women-brokeFirst female West Point graduate reflects on historic anniversary

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   May 28, 2015 · On May 28, 1980, dozens of women made history as the first to graduate from America's military academies. This feature, The Way It Was, resurfaces and explores past stories from the CBS News ...