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Are you interested in becoming a WID-Greater Frederick Chapter sponsor? As a sponsor, your company will increase its:
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| Hays-Hoisington Sponsors: $5,000 |
On June 11, 1970, three years after Congress authorized the promotion of women to the rank of General, Army officers Anna Maye Hays and Elizabeth Paschel Hoisington became the first two women to be promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Army.
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| Holm Sponsors: $2,500 |
Jeanne M. Holm was the first woman in the Air Force promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 1971.
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| Duerk Sponsors: $1,000 |
Alene B. Duerk was the first woman promoted to the rank of rear Admiral in the Navy in 1972.
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