Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer
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Jack Bee Garland
Assigned female at birth, Jack Bee Garland lived their life presenting as male, including serving as a medic during the Spanish American War and the aftermath of the San Francisco 1906 earthquake.
Margaret Ann Hamilton Tunner
US WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) pilot
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.
Kirstie Ennis
Former US Marine, who is an amputee, snowboarder, mountaineer and activist
Regine Tugade-Watson
Regine Tugade-Watson is a world champion in athletics and was one of was one of five Guamanian athletes who participated in the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Mikie Sherrill
US Representative from New Jersey and former naval helicopter pilot
Loretta Perfectus Walsh
Walsh became the US Naval Reserve’s first female enlistee as a Yeoman (F) on March 17, 1917.
Madeline Swegle
Madeline Swegle became the Navy’s first-known African-American woman to become a tactical air pilot when she earned her ‘wings of gold’ in 2020.
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.