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Coast Guard Academy Sets Record for Female Enrollment
Source: Associated Press
Coast Guard Academy Sets Record for Female Enrollment
By MICHAEL MELIA, ASSOCIATED PRESS Jun 27, 2016, 1:11 PM ET
Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy marked the milestone at a ceremony Monday as it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent of female cadets.
The enrollment rate for women has not been matched at the Naval Academy, the Military Academy at West Point or the Air Force Academy, though each has seen an increase in female enrollment at a time when gender barriers have been falling across the armed services.
One graduate who was among the first women to enroll at the Coast Guard Academy in 1976 said her cadet years were the start of a career in which she regularly was the first or among the first women every step of the way.
"It was hard, but it's supposed to be hard," Michele Fitzpatrick said. "We all just had to do the best we could and help each other get through the process."
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By MICHAEL MELIA, ASSOCIATED PRESS Jun 27, 2016, 1:11 PM ET
Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy marked the milestone at a ceremony Monday as it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent of female cadets.
The enrollment rate for women has not been matched at the Naval Academy, the Military Academy at West Point or the Air Force Academy, though each has seen an increase in female enrollment at a time when gender barriers have been falling across the armed services.
One graduate who was among the first women to enroll at the Coast Guard Academy in 1976 said her cadet years were the start of a career in which she regularly was the first or among the first women every step of the way.
"It was hard, but it's supposed to be hard," Michele Fitzpatrick said. "We all just had to do the best we could and help each other get through the process."
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/coast-guard-academy-sets-record-female-enrollment-40165190