CPT Marene N. Allison Oral History Part 1
Publication date: 23 February 2021
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title:
CPT Marene N. Allison Oral History Part 1
creator:
Allison, Marene (Nyberg) (1958 September 21 -
subject:
US Military Academy (USMA) | Army
description:
Part 1 of 2 of a video interview with Marene Allison. Marene Allison was one of 62 women to graduate in the class of 1980 at the US Military Academy at West Point—the first class at the USMA that included women. In 1975, President Gerald Ford signed into law a bill that required US military academies to open their door to women, and in 1976 Marene Allison was among the first 119 to enroll at West Point. Although in many ways West Point did not seem fully prepared for the arrival of these female cadets—bathrooms were incomplete, women were given poorly made uniforms, grooming standards hadn't been set, and there were no team sports available to women—Marene continued on with her training, spending the summer with the Military Police in West Germany in 1978 and becoming the top collegiate athlete in orienteering in 1980. After graduating from West Point in 1980, Marene served for six years on Active Duty as an Army military police officer, reaching the rank of captain before leaving the Army and becoming a special agent at the FBI. No transcript of this interview is currently available.
publisher:
Military Women's Memorial Foundation
contributor:
Reborchick, Marcy
date:
2006-10-21
type:
Moving Image
format:
DVD-R
identifier:
034.01; 2006.034
source:
OHP | 3rd Annual Academy Women Symposium
language:
English
relation:
238784
coverage:
1980s
rights:
Unrestricted