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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.

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3. 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

4. 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...

5. 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 ...

6. 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.

7. 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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   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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   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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   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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   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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   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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   Who was the first female cadet at West Point?

   • At the ceremony’s close, Obama was succeeded by the chain of command, which ended with the top cadet — Lindsey Danilack, just the fourth woman to hold this position — giving an order. “Class of 2014, dismissed,” she said. From its founding in 1802, on George Washington’s earlier recommendation, until 1976, West Point admitted no women.

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

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   The next year, 1977, a second class of 104 women arrived at West Point. This time, West Point integrated them into every cadet company, with the first class of women reorganized to provide them supervision. The result was a dramatic drop in resignations.