Katherine Amelia Towle

Katherine Amelia Towle (born April 30, 1898, Towle, Calif., U.S.—died March 1, 1986, Pacific Grove, Calif.) was an American educator and military officer who became the first director of women’s marines when the regular U.S. Marine Corps integrated women into their ranks. Towle graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1920. After several years as an administrator at Berkeley and at a private girls’ school, she resumed her studies in political science at Berkeley...