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Paul Aebersold and Gladys Anslow at the 60-inch cyclotron, August 26, 1939. Dr. Anslow, a physicist was the first woman to work on the 8MeV cyclotron at Berkeley and was one of the few women involved with the Manhatten Project. Cooksey 48 [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

U.S. Army SGT. Jason Mike and SGT. Leigh Ann Hester, from 617th Military Police Company, Kentucky Army National Guard (KYARNG), stand at the Army Women's Museum and Global War on Terrorism exhibit. The exhibit showcases the contributions women have made in the war and features as the centerpiece a life-size diorama of the actions of Hester and her squad-mates during a March 20, 2005 ambush by insurgents near Baghdad. As a result of SGT. Hester's acts of bravery and accomplishments, she was awarded the Silver Star Medal, becoming the first woman to receive the medal since World War II. (U.S. Army PHOTO by Joh Soucy, CIV) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Lee State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST Scene Camera Operator: Joh Soucy, CIV More

Woman Marine COL Jo Anne Kilday, director of personnel services, is the first woman assigned to a Marine Corps Air Station and to a directorate billet

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Julia Fitzgerald Release Status More

SRA Cathy J. Beverly of the 10th Airborne Command and Control Squadron is reenlisted by her commander, LTC Charles E. Hogan. SRA Beverly was the first woman to reenlist aboard the 10th ACCS

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: 48th Tactical Fighter Wing Release Status: Released to Public Combin More

Retired CAPT James R. Boling, USNR, and CAPT Floyd W. Carter, commander, Naval Air Training Unit, Mather Air Force Base, pose with ENS Mary A. Crawford following her June 1981 graduation from Interservice Undergraduate Navigator Training (IUNT). Crawford, whose first assignment is to Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6), is the U.S. Navy's first woman naval flight officer (NFO)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to More

ENS Mary A. Crawford plots a navigational course during training aboard the Interservice Undergraduate Navigator Training (IUNT) program's T-43 jet trainer aircraft (Boeing 737). Crawford, who graduated from IUNT in June 1981, is the U.S. Navy's first woman naval flight officer (NFO). Her first assignment is to Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ed Nightingale Release Status: More

ENS Mary A. Crawford is shown training aboard the Interservice Undergraduate Navigator Training (IUNT) program's T-43 jet trainer aircraft (Boeing 737). Crawford, who graduated from IUNT in June 1981, is the U.S. Navy's first woman naval flight officer (NFO). Her first assignment is to Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ed Nightingale Release Status: More

ENS Mary A. Crawford, the U.S. Navy's first woman naval flight officer (NFO), boards a ski-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft from Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6). Crawford's first assignment, following her June 1981 graduation from Interservice Undergraduate Navigator Training (IUNT), is to (VXE-6)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ed Nightingale Release Status: More

ENS Mary Crawford stands between her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Crawford, following her graduation from Interservice Undergraduate Navigator Training (IUNT). Crawford, whose first assignment is to Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6), is the U.S. Navy's first woman naval flight officer (NFO)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to More

Alice Astafan became the first woman in the history of the military reserve from any service to pin on a second star. It also made her the third woman in Air Force history to become a major general and the first female two-star in the Air Force in a decade. MAJ. GEN. Astafan is the current Air Force deputy chief of staff for logistics. She is a Vietnam veteran and Bronze Star medal holder. She spent 13 years on active duty before joining the Reserve

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Vickie M. Graham Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Carol Thomas joins a very elite group of women in the Air National Guard as she receives her Brigadier General stars from the Honorable Bob Miller, Governor of Nevada (Ieft) and Major General Donald Sheppard, Director of the Air National Guard. Brigadier General Thomas is Nevada's first woman general and the first woman to serve as CHIEF of STAFF for Air to the state's adjutant general. She is a registered nurse in civilian life and has served as an Air Force flight nurse

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Reno State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit More

Chaplain (Colonel) Sharon M. Freeto became the 12th Flying Training Wing senior chaplain on 5 July 91. She was the first clergywoman of the United Methodist Church to serve as an Air Force chaplain, only the third woman to be commissioned as Air Force chaplain of any denomination in 1976; and was only the second woman to achieve the rank of colonel on 1 October 95. She is the first woman to serve as senior chaplain at Randolph AFB

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: O. J. Sanchez Release Status: Released More

US Navy Commander Laurier McCravy (right) discusses the results of an oral exam with one of her patients. CDR McCravy is an oral surgeon on board the US Navy's nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) and was the first woman assigned permanently to the crew. Commanded by captain Larry Baucom (not shown), Carl Vinson is deployed to the Persian Gulf enforcing the extended "No Fly Zone" over Iraq in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Scene Camera Operator: Pha Christopher Hollaway, USN Release Status: Released t More

At age 20, U.S. Navy AIRMAN Kelli Cunningham (left) is the first woman to handle flight deck aircraft operations on the USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). Cunningham, who joined the Navy on a bet, is being trained by PO2 Scott Cook during the exercise RIMPAC 98

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '98 State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ph1(Nac) Spike Call Release Sta More

Republic of Liberia President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (seated second from left), listen as US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) Ladd Wheeler, Commanding Officer of the USN Blue Ridge Class: Amphibious Command Ship, USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20), gives an overview of the ship's capabilities from the Joint Operation Center (JOC). President Johnson-Sirleaf, the first woman to be elected as head of an African State, visited the ship personally and thanked the crew for making the journey in support of her countries inaugural ceremonies

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kurt Riggs, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr More

US Navy (USN) Sailors gather in formation aboard the Blue Ridge Class: Amphibious Command Ship, USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20), to listen as Republic of Liberia President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, thanks the crew for making the journey in support of her countries inaugural ceremonies. President Johnson-Sirleaf is the first woman to be elected as head of an African State

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kurt Riggs, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr More

Republic of Liberia President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (center), is piped aboard the USN Blue Ridge Class: Amphibious Command Ship, USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20). President Johnson-Sirleaf, the first woman to be elected as head of an African State, visited the ship personally and thanked the crew for making the journey in support of her countries inaugural ceremonies

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kurt Riggs, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr More

060812-N-4528N-105 (Aug. 12, 2006)June Sheldon is applauded by an onlooker as she becomes the first woman to cross the finish line during the Sixth Annual Armed Services Mud Run onboard Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia (VA). The proceeds from this event went to Hampton Roads Chapter of the Armed Forces Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA). The Armed Forces YMCA helps improve the quality of life of junior enlisted military members.U.S. Navy official photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Casandra Newell (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Casandra Newell, USN Re More

First Woman

Paul Aebersold and Gladys Anslow at the 60-inch cyclotron, August 26, 1939. Dr. Anslow, a physicist was the first woman to work on the 8MeV cyclotron at Berkeley and was one of the few women involved with the Manhatten Project. Cooksey 48 [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Woman Marine COL Jo Anne Kilday, director of personnel services, is the first woman assigned to a Marine Corps Air Station and to a directorate billet

SRA Cathy J. Beverly of the 10th Airborne Command and Control Squadron is reenlisted by her commander, LTC Charles E. Hogan. SRA Beverly was the first woman to reenlist aboard the 10th ACCS

ENS Mary Crawford stands between her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Crawford, following her graduation from Interservice Undergraduate Navigator Training (IUNT). Crawford, whose first assignment is to Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6), is the U.S. Navy's first woman naval flight officer (NFO)

At age 20, U.S. Navy AIRMAN Kelli Cunningham (left) is the first woman to handle flight deck aircraft operations on the USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). Cunningham, who joined the Navy on a bet, is being trained by PO2 Scott Cook during the exercise RIMPAC 98

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