Foundation for Women Warriors
Minnie Spotted-Wolf was born in 1923, near Heart Butte, Montana and a member of the Blackfoot tribe. She use to work on her father’s ranch doing such chores as cutting fence posts, driving a two-ton […]
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Teresa D. “Jamesy” James was born on January 27, 1914 in Pittsburgh. James was initially afraid of flying, after seeing a plane wreck the year before she started flying and shortly after, her brother, Francis, […]
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Lillian Elaine Fishburne was born on March 25, 1949 at Patuxent River, Maryland and raised in Rockville, Maryland. In February 1973, she was commissioned as an ensign upon completion of Women Officers School at Newport, […]
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Kelly Larson, born Kelly Mogk, grew up in Seattle, Washington and enlisted in the Coast Guard in August 1984. In 1986 she attended the Aviation Survivalman (ASM) “A” School and became the first female to […]
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Claudia Jean Kennedy was born on July 14, 1947, in Frankfurt, during the American occupation of southern Germany after World War II. She attended Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College), where she became a member […]
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Sarah Deal was born on September 14, 1969 in Bowling Green, Ohio to Richard and Marjorie Deal. The daughter of a Marine, she grew up in Pemberville, Ohio. She was an athlete, participating in cross […]
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Amerophan “Ame” Callahan was 14 years old and living in Thailand when an Air Force Veteran adopted her. Six years later, in honor of her adoptive parents and her new country, she enlisted in the Air Force as an […]
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Jan Elizabeth Tighe was born on September 16, 1962 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and raised in Plantation, Florida. Tighe graduated in 1984 from the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned as a cryptologist. She […]
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Janna Lambine, born in 1951 to a retired Navy Commander, was raised in East Walpole, Massachusetts. She graduated from Bates College (Lewiston, Maine) in 1973 with a degree in Geology. Janna applied for flight training […]
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Stephanie Dawson graduated from the Army War College in 2007 with a Master’s in Strategic Studies and attended the Army’s Command and General Staff College, and the Combined Arms and Services School. In addition to […]
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