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COMMANDER DARLENE ISKRA

Commander Iskra was the first woman in US History to command a Navy ship. [Read more…]

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MAJOR GENERAL MARY E. CLARKE

Mary Clarke was born in Rochester, New York on December 3, 1924. She attended the Rochester Immaculate Conception Grammar School and Rochester West High School. [Read more…]

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SUPERINTENDENT LENAH SUTCLIFFE HIGBEE

Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee was a Canadian-born United States Navy nurse, who served as Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps during World War I. She is best known for being the first female recipient of the Navy Cross. [Read more…]