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Rear Admiral Grace Brewster Murray Hopper

Grace Brewster Murray was born December 9, 1906 in New York City. She is the daughter of Walter Fletcher Murray and Mary Campbell Van Horne. Her father owned an insurance company in New York.

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Hannah Snell 

Hannah Snell AKA James Gray

Hannah was born in 1723, the daughter of Samuel Snell, a Worcester hosier and dyer, and Mary Williams, his second wife. [Read more…]

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MAJ Nancy Leftenant-Colon

Thanks to Lexi Leftenant Gregory who sent me this story.  She’s an amazing musician out of Boise, ID and you should check her out at soundcloud.com/xelavox

My two major sources were an article on the Air Force News website and an article written by Fred Bruning for the Los Angeles Times

Retired Army MAJ Nancy C. Leftenant-Colon was first black nurse in the Army Reserve and Active-Duty Army Nurse Corps.

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