On November 15, 1866 Cathay Williams became the first African American woman to serve in the U.S. Army, and the only woman to serve in the U.S. Army as a Buffalo Soldier.
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“Stagecoach Mary” Fields was the first African American woman hired by the U.S. Postal Service. She won the job in 1895, at age 60, by being the fastest to hitch up a six-horse wagon team. Six feet tall and tough, Mary carried mail in Cascade, Montana, for almost a decade.
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