Ivah Ree Harris Coker
Member of the WAVES Naval Reserve (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during WWII
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Jane Reilly Slattery
One of the first female commissioned officers in the United States Navy. She served during World War II in the WAVES , Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service.
Frieda van Duyn
German nurse awarded the Iron Cross Medal for distinguished service.
Elna Grahn
Grahn commanded the 2525th Women’s Army Corps (WAC) unit during World War II and was the first woman to serve on a United States Army General Court Martial.
Phoebe Yates Levy Pember
US Civil War Confederate nurse who eventually ran the world’s largest hospital
Captain Sally Tompkins
US Civil War Confederate nurse who turned her Richmond mansion into Robertson Hospital, which had by far the lowest death rate of any facility in the North or South, even though physicians sent their worst cases to her.
Sarah Forbes
1800s Canadian military nurse
Dr Andreé M Sutton
U.S. Air Force veteran
Ann Geiman
Yeoman 1st Class Ann Geiman founded the first officially chartered LGBT-straight alliance in U.S. military history called GLASS (Gay, Lesbian and Supporting Service members).
Sabiha Gökçen
Turkish aviator Sabiha Gökçen became the world’s first known combat pilot at age 23, and went on to fly around 8,000 and participate in more than 30 military operations. Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul is named for her.