Cathy Williams: The First Female Buffalo Soldier

Abstract

This paper will look into the life of Cathy Williams and the circumstances that made her decide to join the Army. This study will also look into the circumstances that directly or indirectly prepared her for the tough military life especially for a woman like her. At the end she inspired many and was a shining example of what the late John F. Kennedy echoed in one of his great speeches; that it is it is better not to ask what the country can do for an individual but what that same person can do for his or her country.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
AD1116729

Entities

People

  • Andrea Powell

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • African Americans
  • Army
  • Civil War
  • Detection
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Governments
  • Immigrants
  • Infantry
  • Native Americans
  • New Mexico
  • Physical Examination (Medicine)
  • Recruiting
  • Sociology
  • United States
  • War
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.