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DVIDS - News - Forty years have passed since the first women graduated from West Point in the Class of 1980
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Forty years have passed since the first women graduated from West Point in the Class of 1980 | Article | The United States Army
![West Point graduating class of 1980. Cadets stand at attention during graduating ceremony. Nearly 900 cadets were in the 1980 graduating class at West Point. For the first time in history 61 female officers were among the rows of the Long Gray Line Stock ... West Point graduating class of 1980. Cadets stand at attention during graduating ceremony. Nearly 900 cadets were in the 1980 graduating class at West Point. For the first time in history 61 female officers were among the rows of the Long Gray Line Stock ...](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/w1kxme/west-point-graduating-class-of-1980-cadets-stand-at-attention-during-graduating-ceremony-nearly-900-cadets-were-in-the-1980-graduating-class-at-west-point-for-the-first-time-in-history-61-female-officers-were-among-the-rows-of-the-long-gray-line-w1kxme.jpg)
West Point graduating class of 1980. Cadets stand at attention during graduating ceremony. Nearly 900 cadets were in the 1980 graduating class at West Point. For the first time in history 61 female officers were among the rows of the Long Gray Line Stock ...
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A racial reckoning arrived at West Point, where being black is a 'beautifully painful experience' - The Washington Post
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Forty years have passed since the first women graduated from West Point in the Class of 1980 | Article | The United States Army
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Forty years have passed since the first women graduated from West Point in the Class of 1980 | Article | The United States Army
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Forty years have passed since the first women graduated from West Point in the Class of 1980 | Article | The United States Army
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