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First Woman Midshipman, Sandra Irwin

A female midshipman on the left side two male midshipmen standing on the seawall the closer one is African American
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Description: Painting, Oil on Canvas; Margaret Sargent; 1976; Framed Dimensions 46H X 56W
Accession #: 88-162-RT
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In July 1976, Sandra Irwin from San Francisco, California, represents the first class of women to enter the Naval Academy in the summer of 1976. Here she is depicted with classmates Ray Damm and Carl B. Clark at the Severn River seawall.

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