Minnie Spotted-Wolf
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Biography
Minnie Spotted-Wolf enlisted in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in July 1943.[3]
Spotted-Wolf, from Heart Butte, Montana, was a member of the Blackfoot tribe. Prior to joining the Marines, she had worked on her father's ranch doing such chores as cutting fence posts, driving a two-ton truck, and breaking horses.[4] Known for her skill for breaking horses, she described Marine boot camp as: "hard but not too hard."[5]
She served on military bases in California and Hawaii. She worked as a heavy equipment operator and a driver for general officers.[4]
Press coverage of her wartime service included headlines like Minnie, Pride of the Marines, Is Bronc-Busting Indian Queen.[6]
She was discharged in 1947.[2]
After her military service, she returned to Montana, married Robert England, earned a degree in Elementary Education, and spent 29 years as a teacher.[4]
According to her daughter, "she could outride guys into her early 50s."[6]
Tribute
In 2019, a section of US Highway 89 in Pondera County, MT was dedicated as "Minnie Spotted-Wolf Memorial Highway”.[2]
See also
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References
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- ↑ a b c White, Cody (25 July 2013). "Minnie Spotted Wolf and the Marine Corps". Prologue: Pieces of History. National Archives.
- ↑ "WWII – First USMC Native American Minnie Spotted Wolf" Template:Webarchive. Armed Forces History Museum. 29 July 2013.
- ↑ a b Montana Historical Society (26 August 2014). ""You Have to Take What They Send You Now Days": Montana Women's Service in World War II". Women's History Matters. Montana Historical Society
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Sources
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- Rae, Callum (29 December 2015). "Minnie Spotted Wolf". The Female Soldier.
- Holm, Tom (2007). Code Talkers and Warriors: Native Americans and World War II. New York: Chelsea House. pp. 34–35. Template:ISBN. OCLC 77270989.
Further reading
- "DoDLive Presents: Profiles in Heritage. National Native American Heritage Month: Minnie Spotted Wolf". United States Department of Defense (Video). 30 November 2011.
External links
- Photograph of Three Marine Corps Women Reservists, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina at the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 208:Records of the Office of War Information, 1926 - 1951. Feature Story Photographs, 1942 - ca. 1945. 16 October 1943.
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