How well did you do Below you will find the answers to Tuesdays Womens Equality Quality Day Quiz.
In 1989, over 700 women went to Panama in support of Operation Just Cause. Capt. Linda Bray led 30 Soldiers of the 988th Military Police Company into combat to seize an enemy objective near Panama City. Her role ignited the debate over the role of women in the combat roles in the Army.
Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy was the first woman to achieve and hold the rank of lieutenant general. Her promotion also led to her being named the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, G-2.
Pvt. Alexandra Seccareccio is the first to graduate from a military occupational specialty previously closed to women (13M). The first class of female Soldiers in the 13M, Multiple Launch Rocket System Crewmember military occupation specialty, graduated Advanced Individual Training April 30, 2013, at Fort Sill. They are part of history as they enlisted in an MOS that was previously closed to women.
Pfc. Jessica Jones is one of the first female Soldiers to graduate Artillery Mechanic course. History was made, July 16, 2013, as the first women to attend the U.S. Army Ordnance Schools Artillery Mechanic (91P).
I was in the first class of women to graduate from West Point in 1980 and I later served as commander and district engineer of the Gulf Region Divisions Central District, where I was responsible for engineering and construction management support of deployed forces and Iraqi reconstruction in Baghdad and Al Anbar provinces, Iraq. Who am I
Brig. Gen. Margaret W. Burcham became the first woman to be promoted to a general officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jan. 27, 2012, in the Corps Washington, D.C. headquarters.
Source: www.army.mil
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