The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of distinction between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.
-- Sir William Francis Butler
From 1917, when Yeoman Loretta Perfectus Walsh became the first US servicewoman who was not a nurse, to the infamous Tailhook scandal of today, women have struggled for acceptance within the US Navy. Ebbert and Hall have written a comprehensive and inspiring history that suggests Tailhook was a scandal to be expected. 26 photos.