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BSC, MI6, OSS. Codename. Cynthia. Amy Elizabeth Thorpe, also known as Betty Pack, Betty Thorpe, Elizabeth Pack, and Amy Brousse; (November 22, 1910 – December 1, 1963) was an Anglo-American spy, codenamed Cynthia, who worked for British Security Coordination (BSC) which was set up in New York City in 1940 during World War II by the British ...
Elizabeth L. Gardner. Elizabeth L. Gardner (1921 – December 22, 2011) was an American pilot during World War II who served as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). She was one of the first American female military pilots [ 1] and the subject of a well-known photograph, sitting in the pilot's seat of a Martin B-26 Marauder. [ 2 ...
World War II. Organization. Women Airforce Service Pilots. Spouse. Henry Silver. Notes. Graduated WASP Class 43-W-7 [2] Gertrude "Tommy" Tompkins Silver (October 16, 1911 – disappeared October 26, 1944) was the only Women Airforce Service Pilots member to go missing during World War II. [3]
During World War II, approximately 350,000 U.S. women served with the armed forces. As many as 543 died in war-related incidents, including 16 nurses who were killed from enemy fire - even though U.S. political and military leaders had decided not to use women in combat because they feared public opinion. [ 2]
Greta Zimmer Friedman. Greta Friedman ( née Grete Zimmer; June 5, 1924 – September 8, 2016) was an Austrian-born American who was photographed being grabbed and kissed by Navy sailor George Mendonsa (1923–2019 [ 1]) in the iconic V-J Day in Times Square photograph of 1945 by Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. [ 2] For decades ...
University of Washington. Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916 for one term, then was elected again in 1940.
Lee Miller. Elizabeth " Lee " Miller, Lady Penrose (April 23, 1907 – July 21, 1977), was an American photographer and photojournalist. Miller was a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, becoming a fashion and fine art photographer there. During World War II, she was a war correspondent for Vogue, covering events ...
Legion of Merit. Major General Jeanne Marjorie Holm (June 23, 1921 – February 15, 2010) [1] [2] was the first female one-star general of the United States Air Force and the first female two-star general in any service branch of the United States. [3] Holm was a driving force behind the expansion of women's roles in the Air Force.
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