Nichola Goddard

Nichola Goddard (1980 - 2006)

Canadian soldier and captain in the

1st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery,

served with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

in Canadian operations in the Afghanistan War;

first Canadian female combat soldier to be

killed in action on the front lines;

posthumously awarded the General Campaign Star,

Meritorious Service Medal, and Sacrifice Medal.

Grace Hopper

Grace Hopper (1906 - 1992)

American computer scientist, mathematician, and

United States Navy Rear Admiral;

a pioneer of computer programming, she devised the theory of

machine-independent programming languages, and created

FLOW-MATIC and COBOL;

writer of the world's first computer manual.

Colonel Bree Fram

Colonel Bree Fram

American military officer US Air Force and Space Force,

astronautical engineer, and transgender activist,

highest-ranking transgender officer in the US Armed Forces.

Millie Bailey

Millie Bailey (1918 - 2022)

American World War II veteran, civil servant, volunteer and fundraiser;

one of the first African American officers in the Women's Army Corps;

served as a commander of the Women's Colored Detachment.

General Jennie Carignan

General Jennie Carignan (1968 -     )

Canadian Chief of the Defence Staff,

Head of the Canadian Armed Forces

Michelle Douglas

Michelle Douglas (1963 -     )

Canadian military officer discharged in 1989 pursuant to

the Canadian Armed Forces official LGBT Purge policy;

successful litigant in court settlement ending this policy.