Myrtle Hazard
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Myrtle Hazard was the first woman to serve, as a sailor, in the United States Coast Guard.[1] She enlisted shortly after the USA entered World War One, and served the duration of the war. She served as an electrician, and radio operator.
References
- ↑ C. Kay Larson (2019-10-10). "The Long Blue Line: EM1 Hazard—Coast Guard’s 1st female service member". US Coast Guard. https://compass.coastguard.blog/2019/10/10/the-long-blue-line-em1-hazard-coast-guards-1st-female-service-member/. Retrieved 2020-05-29. "The entry was slim. Baltimore native, Myrtle R. Hazard, was cited as being the only woman electrician in the Coast Guard and one of the government’s few female radio operators. A photograph shows her to be a serious-looking brunette with short hair and large, dark eyes. She is apparently in uniform, as she wears a sailor’s collar with stripes."