Bernice CameronW
Bernice Cameron

Laura Bernice Cameron was the manager of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Medford, Oregon, and a World War I veteran.

Marjory Stoneman DouglasW
Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Marjory Stoneman Douglas was an American journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate, and conservationist known for her staunch defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain it and reclaim land for development. Moving to Miami as a young woman to work for The Miami Herald, she became a freelance writer, producing over one hundred short stories that were published in popular magazines. Her most influential work was the book The Everglades: River of Grass (1947), which redefined the popular conception of the Everglades as a treasured river instead of a worthless swamp. Its impact has been compared to that of Rachel Carson's influential book Silent Spring (1962). Her books, stories, and journalism career brought her influence in Miami, enabling her to advance her causes.

Agnes Meyer DriscollW
Agnes Meyer Driscoll

Agnes Meyer Driscoll, known as "Miss Aggie" or "Madame X'", was an American cryptanalyst during both World War I and World War II.

Daisy May Pratt ErdW
Daisy May Pratt Erd

Daisy May Pratt Erd USNR (1882-1925) was a Canadian-born American songwriter and composer, and a naval Yeoman (F) in Boston, Massachusetts during World War I. After the war, she advocated for the recognition of women veterans.

Dorothy FrooksW
Dorothy Frooks

Dorothy Frooks was an American author, publisher, military officer, lawyer, and suffragist. In 1934, she ran on the Law Preservation ticket for New York's At-large congressional district.

Joy Bright HancockW
Joy Bright Hancock

Joy Bright Hancock, a veteran of both the First and Second World Wars, was one of the first women officers of the United States Navy. She directed the WAVES, which during the war and briefly afterward grew to 500 officers, 50 warrant officers, and 6,000 enlisted women.

Frieda HardinW
Frieda Hardin

Frieda Mae Green Hardin joined the U.S. Navy at the end of World War I in 1918, enlisting, against her parents' wishes, at the age of 22 in Portsmouth, Ohio.

Hildreth MeiereW
Hildreth Meiere

Hildreth Meière (1892–1961) was an American artist and designer active in the first half of the twentieth century, especially in connection with Art Deco architecture. Among her extensive works are the dynamic roundels of Dance, Drama, and Song at Radio City Music Hall, the Creation cycle and stained-glass windows at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (Manhattan), the iconographic suites at the Nebraska State Capitol, and the National Academy of Sciences.

Loretta Perfectus WalshW
Loretta Perfectus Walsh

Loretta Perfectus Walsh became the first American active-duty Navy woman, the first woman to enlist in the U.S. Navy, and the first woman allowed to serve as a woman in any of the United States armed forces, as anything other than as a nurse, when she enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve on March 17, 1917. Walsh subsequently became the first woman U.S. Navy petty officer when she was sworn in as Chief Yeoman on March 21, 1917.

Charlotte WintersW
Charlotte Winters

Charlotte Louise Berry Winters was, at age 109, the last surviving female American veteran of The First World War.