Her brothers-in-arms knew her as William Cathay but history remembers her as Cathay Williams, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S Army. She is also the only documented female soldier to pose as a man. Before entering the military, she spent her early life in Missouri. Her father was free but her mother was […]
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