Time Lines
At this time I only have a Navy time line, however I am working on getting a time line for all the services.
1812: The War of 1812;?This the first time that women are recorded as being at sea. They were also nurses in the war.
1908: The US Navy Nurse Corps were established.
1916: The Navy Reserve Act calls for the enlistment of qualified people, which leads the Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels to ask "Is there any law that says a Yeoman must be a man?"
1917: Right before the US enters World War I, the Navy Department authorizes the enrollment of women in the Naval Reserve as yeoman.
1941: World War II
1942: F.D.R. signs a law creating the WAVES-Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service-to fill World War II Slots.
1945: U.S.S. Higbee is commissioned, the first Navy Warship named after a woman, Lenah S. Higbee, head of the Navy nurses of WWI.
1950: Korean War
1965: Vietnam War
1972: Rear Admiral Alene Duerk is promoted which makes her the first woman to hold this rank.
1973: Women are able to begin Navy Pilot Training. LTJG Judith Neuffer is the first military Aviatrix.
1976: The first women enter the Naval Academy
1978: Congress changes law, allowing women to serve aboard support ships.
1990: Gulf War; Lt. Commander Darlene Iskra becomes the first woman to assume command of a ship, the U.S.S. Opportune.
1994: The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Eisenhower becomes the first combat ship with women in its crew.
1996: LTJG Erica Niedermeier is the first woman to fire Tomakhawk Cruise missles in combat.
1999: Kosovo War
2000: Commander Kathleen McGrath is the first woman to command a warship headed into harms way. Women now make up 14% of the Navy, and 12 of 220 admirals are women.
Information from this time line
was obtained from the March 27,
2000 issue of Time from the article
Navy:First Lady of the Seas;page 30.
Please visit the links below to see time lines and history of the military services:
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Navy Terms and Definitions
History of Naval Uniforms
US Marine Corp History and Traditions
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Army History
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