Women in the United States Coast Guard
There have been women in the United States Coast Guard since 1918, and women continue to serve in it today.[2][3][4]
History
Note that some minor wars women served in have been omitted from this history.
World War I
Myrtle Hazard enlisted as an Acting Electrician Third Class in the Coast Guard on January 7, 1918 during the height of the U.S. effort to support the Allies during World War I. She was a trained radio and telegraph operator who worked at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., serving there until she was honorably discharged on November 10, 1919 with the rating of Electrician First Class.[5][3][6]
World War II and after until the Korean War
On November 23, 1942, the
Korean War and after until the Vietnam War
Approximately 200 women who had been in the
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War gave the Coast Guard a surplus of qualified male applicants, and the Coast Guard did not make a systematic effort to attract women during that time.[12]
Women in the Coast Guard since 1972
In 1973 women were integrated into the active-duty Coast Guard and the
In 1976 the
In 1977 the first Coast Guard women were assigned to sea duty as crew members aboard Morgenthau and Gallatin.[4]
In 1978 the Coast Guard opened all assignments to women.[4]
Beverly Kelley became the first woman to command an American military vessel of any branch of the service, specifically a Coast Guard cutter, the 95-foot patrol boat USCGC Cape Newagen, on April 12, 1979.[17][18][19]
Vivien Crea became the first female in the U.S. Armed Forces to serve as a military aide to a President in 1984.[20]
Women in the Coast Guard served in
In 1990,
Vivien Crea became the first woman to command an air station when she took over Air Station Detroit in 1992.[20]
In 1993 Patricia A. Stolle became the first woman in the Coast Guard to advance to master chief petty officer.[25]
Before the "
The Coast Guard gained its first female flag officer in 2000 when Vivien Crea was promoted to rear admiral.[20]
Women in the Coast Guard served in the Iraq War from 2003 until 2011.[21][30][31][32]
In 2006
In 2011 Rear Admiral
In 2020, Rear Admiral Melissa Bert became the first woman to serve as the Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard.[39][40]
In 2021, Linda L. Fagan became the Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard’s first female four-star admiral.[1] On May 11, 2022, the U.S. Senate confirmed Linda L. Fagan as the 27th (and first female) Commandant of the Coast Guard. When she assumed command on June 1, she became the first female service chief in the U.S. Armed Forces.[41][42]
See also
- United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve
- Women in the military
Notes
- incorporation, made the standards of the Equal Protection Clause applicable to the federal government, it was for practical purposes an addition not to due process, but rather to equal protection jurisprudence.
References
Citations
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- ^ a b c d "Women In Military Service For America Memorial". Womensmemorial.org. 1950-07-27. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
- ^ Vojvodich, Donna. "Myrtle Hazard—first woman in the United States Coast Guard". The Long Blue Line. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ Vojvodich, Donna (2023-03-24). "The Long Blue Line: The Baker Twins—Re-searching the first female Coasties - or were they?". United States Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
- ^ A Preliminary Survey of the Development of the Women's Reserve of the United States Coast Guard, p 3
- ^ "Olivia Hooker: 1921 Tulsa race riot survivor dies aged 103 – BBC News". Bbc.com. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
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- ^ "Retirement Ceremony, Beverly G. Kelley, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard", U.S. Coast Guard, 22 April 2006, on docplayer.net
- ^ "Celebrating National Women's History Month 2011". www.womensmemorial.org. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
- ^ "Defense.gov News Article: Coast Guard Honors Centenarian, Its First Woman Commissioned Officer". archive.defense.gov. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ a b c d Thiesen, William H. "Vivien Crea—aviator, leader and trailblazer for women in the military". history.uscg.mil.
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- ^ "MCPO Patricia Stolle, USCG" (PDF). United States Coast Guard. September 27, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-27.
- ^ Elizabeth Hoffman (2003-03-28). "Military Service Should Be Based On Conduct, Not Sexual Orientation". prezi.com. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
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- ^ "U.S. Coast Guard History". Uscg.mil. Archived from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
- ^ "Last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war – Reuters". Reuters. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
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- ^ "First female U.S. Coast Guard vice admiral to step down – Professional Mariner".
- ^ Altimari, Daniela (2010-12-15). "Military academy gets female leader". Times-Picayune. No. Saint Tammany Edition. New Orleans. p. A2. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- ^ "Coast Guard admiral becomes first woman to lead a U.S. service academy | Homeland Security". www.dhs.gov.
- ^ New superintendent takes helm at Coast Guard Academy, Associated Press / Navy Times, 1 June 2015
- ^ "First woman to take helm of a U.S. military academy". United States Coast Guard Academy Media Port. 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- ^ Malec, William A. (May 2012). "Female firsts". Military Officer. Military Officers Association of America. p. 19. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
- ^ "Congratulations to Rear Admiral Melissa Bert, the first woman to serve as Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard". Legal Reader. 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ^ "Coast Guard names its first female judge advocate general and chief counsel". Coast Guard News. 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ^ Kime, Patricia (12 May 2022). "Coast Guard Admiral Becomes First Woman to Lead a US Military Branch". military.com.
- ^ "Fagan to be first woman to serve as Coast Guard commandant". Workboat. 2022-04-12. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
Sources
- "Women's History Chronology". Women & the U. S. Coast Guard. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
External links
- Media related to Women in the United States Coast Guard at Wikimedia Commons