Josephine Tauoa
A native of Fagaitua, American Samoa, and a Master of Science in Management graduate from Excelsior College, Master Chief Josephine Tauoa enlisted in the U.S. Navy in July 1996 as a Machinist Mate.
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Tchilalou Riggs
Riggs’s journey from her home in a small, West African nation on the Gulf of Guinea, to now leading Sailors at Commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia, is an example of hard work, perseverance and making the most of every opportunity.
Rear Admiral Alene Bertha Duerk
Rear Adm. Alene Bertha Duerk was the first woman promoted to admiral in the U.S. Navy in 1972.
Angela Katson
US Navy officer and ultra-marathon runner
Ann Bradford Stokes
After escaping from slavery in 1863, Ann Bradford Stokes was captured and taken aboard the Union hospital ship USS Red Rover. She volunteered as a nurse and became the first African-American woman to serve aboard a U.S. military vessel.
Rear Admiral Bette Bolivar
A 1985 U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar retired in 2021 after serving as the Commander, Navy Region Southwest.
Catherine Small Long
Catherine S. Long married into Louisiana’s legendary political family and spent nearly four decades immersed in state and national politics as a politician’s wife. When her influential husband died suddenly in 1985, Democratic Party leaders believed Cathy Long was a logical choice to succeed him, having served as his campaign surrogate and close advisor.
Ida Lewis
Idawalley Zoradia Lewis, known as Ida Lewis, is one of the best-known keepers, male or female, in the history of the U.S. Lighthouse service.
Kay Cottee
In 1988, Kay Cottee completed the first solo, non-stop and unassisted voyage around the world by a woman.
Katherine Leahy
She graduated from the Yale School of Nursing in 1934 and worked as a nurse in a hospital in Bridgeport, CT. Leahy enlisted in the Navy in 1943 because she thought “nurses would be needed” and that she could help.