Janie Mines

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     Mines (1958) is a former Naval officer who was the first Black woman to graduate from the United States Naval Academy. She earned her Masters of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services.

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U.S. Naval Academy. (1980). Midshipman Janie L. Miles, first African-American female graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. Lucky Bag, the U.S. Naval Academy yearbook. NHHC Naval Library.
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U.S. Naval Academy / U.S. Naval Institute. Janie Mines (Class of 1980) and Gwendolyn Mines (Class of 1983), identified as the first Black sisters at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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1958, Aiken, SC
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United States Naval Academy, B.S. (1980)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S. (1998)

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No Coincidences: Reflections of the First Black Female Graduate of the United States Naval Academy (2018)

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*some sources say April 6, 1845

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