![]() On Reception Day July 7, 1976, the women in the Class of 1980 had opened the doors to the academy as the first women to be admitted. Berry, who originally resisted the arrival of females. Uniforms malfunctioned or didn’t fit right as the academy adjusted to a new population, and West Point was led by a superintendent, Lt. ![]() Bathrooms still had urinals in them after being hastily changed over from men’s to women’s. Military Academy that from all accounts was not ready for them. ![]() ![]() If they were actually about to graduate, or if it was all a dream and she was going to wake up on Reception Day and have to start the journey all over again.įorty-seven months earlier, Allison and 118 other women had arrived at a U.S. So, she turned to her roommate and asked if this was all real. Marene Allison wanted to make sure it was real.Īs she stood near the Cadet Chapel with her family, friends and members of her cadet company about a half hour before the Class of 1980’s graduation from the U.S. (Photos from Signal Corps Collection, U.S. Hollen was the top ranked woman in the Class of 1980. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption –Īndrea Hollen receives her diploma from Secretary of Defense Harold Brown becoming the first woman to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy in the Class of 1980 becoming the first women to graduate from the academy. Forty years ago today, on May 28, 1980, 62 women graduated from the U.S.
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