Grace Hopper

Grace Hopper

female, deceased (1992)
Women in the United States Navy American military personnel of World War II Harvard Mark I Programming language designer Yale University alumni computer programming
Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper was an American computer scientist and United States Navy officer. A pioneer in the field, she was one of the... More
Lisa Nowak

Lisa Nowak

female, 45 years old
woman astronaut astronaut astronaut diaper crazy Lisa Marie Nowak Women in the United States Navy
Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo, is a United States Naval officer and a former NASA astronaut. She was selected by NASA in 1996 and qualified as a m... More
Sunita Williams

Sunita Williams

female, 43 years old
astronaut Women in the United States Navy Expedition 15 Indian United States Naval Academy graduate Women engineer
Sunita Lyn "Suni" Williams (born September 19 1965 in Euclid, Ohio) is a United States Naval officer and a NASA astronaut. She was assigned to the... More
Mildred H. McAfee

Mildred H. McAfee

female, deceased (1994)
Women in the United States Navy American military personnel of World War II American university and college president University of Chicago alumni From Kansas City naval reserve
Mildred Helen McAfee Horton (May 12, 1900 - September 2, 1994) was an American academic who served during World War II as first director of the... More
Joy Bright Hancock

Joy Bright Hancock

female, deceased (1986)
Joy Bright Naval Air Station Wildwood Women in the United States Navy From Cape May, New Jersey Buried at Arlington National Cemetery From Bethesda, Maryland
Joy Bright Hancock (4 May 1898 - 20 August 1986), a veteran of both the First and Second World Wars, was one of the first women officers of the... More
Laurel Blair Salton Clark

Laurel Blair Salton Clark

female, deceased (2003)
Congressional Space Medal of Honor Women in the United States Navy United States Navy Space Program Fatality University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni captain
Laurel Blair Salton Clark was a medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle mission specialist of STS-107... More
Mary Sears

Mary Sears

female, deceased (1997)
Women in the United States Navy Radcliffe College alumni Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Oceanographer United States Navy Women in the United States military
Mary Sears (18 July 1905 - 1997) was a Commander in the United States Navy and a leading oceanographer. Throughout her career, she was associated... More
Lenah Higbee

Lenah Higbee

female, deceased (1941)
Women in the United States Navy U.S. NAVY World War I United States Navy officer wartime nurse Navy Cross recipient
Chief Nurse Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee, U.S. Navy (May 18, 1874-January 10, 1941), was a pioneering Navy nurse, who served as Superintendent of the... More
Alene B. Duerk

Alene B. Duerk

female, 88 years old
Women in the United States Navy American military personnel of World War II American military United States Navy admiral vietnam war korean war
Alene B. Duerk (born 29 March 1920) was the first female Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. She was promoted in 1972 and was also chief of the... More

Nancy Kulp

female, deceased (1991)
Women in the United States Navy American military personnel of World War II United States Navy personnel Women in the United States military University of Miami alumni world war ii veteran
Nancy Jane Kulp (born August 28, 1921 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, died February 3, 1991 in California) was an American actress best known as... More