Katherine Amelia Towle
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Colonel Katherine Amelia Towle was the second director of the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve and the first director of Women Marines.
Katherine A. Towle, 1st Director of the Women Marines
Ruth Cheney Streeter
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Ruth Cheney Streeter was an American military officer who was the first director of the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve. In 1943, she became the first woman to attain the rank of major in t
Katherine Amelia Towle
…Recruit Depot with the rank of captain, USMCWR, (with date of rank February 24, 1943). Colonel Towle was named director when her predecessor, Colonel Ruth Cheney Streeter, retired on December 7, 1945. She served in that capacity until June 1946. In August of the same year, when the Women's Reserve was deactivated, Colonel…
Cheney Streeter in 1945