Foundation for Women Warriors
Major Adrianna Vorderbruggen, U.S. Air Force, affectionately known as “Major V,” was an accomplished student, leader, and role-model. An Air Force Academy graduate, she was co-captain of the 2002 Division 1 women’s rugby team before […]
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“My sister is a warrior because she did the right thing, the honorable thing: going to Iraq when she didn’t have to, because she felt it was the ethical and moral thing to do. That’s […]
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Staff Sergeant Joyce B. Malone, from Fayetteville, North Carolina, began her military journey in 1958 when she enlisted in the Marine Corps, serving for four years. After completing her service in 1962, she married and […]
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December 1841 – September 5, 1898 At 15 years old, Sarah Emma Edmonds, a.k.a. Private Franklin Flint Thompson, fled home to escape an arranged marriage. Disguising herself as a man, Edmonds immigrated from Canada to […]
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Have you seen The Six Triple Eight on Netflix? Join Foundation for Women Warriors to hear the stories behind the Netflix Top Charts film, told firsthand by the women of the 6888 Central Postal Directory […]
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“It isn’t important that I wear the hat,” (then) Captain Kathleen Wilder told The New York Times in 1981. “I’m not at all hung up on a hat like a lot of the men are… […]
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Colonel Elizabeth A.D. Hanson, U.S. Air Force, retired, is a recent inductee into the New York State Senate’s Veterans Hall of Fame. She logged over 3,500 hours of flight time, piloting C-17A Globemaster transport planes, […]
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Captain Lillian Kinkela Keil (November 17, 1916 – June 30, 2005) was one of the most decorated women veterans of World War II and the Korean War, known for her extraordinary service as a flight […]
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“I like to think I helped prove that women can contribute more to national defense than just waiting for the war to end,” Myrtle Hazard remarked to an interviewer in 1950. Electrician First Class Myrtle […]
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75 years ago, President Truman signed into law the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948; paving the way for women to officially serve in the military. SAN DIEGO — 75 years ago today, […]
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