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  • Description is exactly "In 1959, Patricia Ann Miller was the first woman to receive a commission at VPI. Each semester, she enrolled in Corps classes, but was denied. She eventually applied for a commission from the Army Women's Medical Specialist Corps and was commissioned during graduation after the male cadets. Later Patricia Hodges, she authored,&nbsp;<a href="https://catalog.lib.vt.edu/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=229025" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>From Home Sister to Second Lieutenant: Army Dieticians in World Wars I and II</em></a>.&nbsp;"

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In 1959, Patricia Ann Miller was the first woman to receive a commission at VPI. Each semester, she enrolled in Corps classes, but was denied. She eventually applied for a commission from the Army Women's Medical Specialist Corps and was commissioned…
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