who was the first female cpo of the navy
The first woman to enlist in the Navy during World War I was Loretta Perfectus Walsh. She was the first woman allowed to serve in the Armed Forces as something other than a nurse. Loretta was sworn in as the Navy's first female Chief Petty Officer on 21 March 1917. She served briefly from 1917-1919, as women were automatically discharged from the military after the war effort ended. She fell victim to the influenza and later contracted tuberculosis.