Kathleen M. Byerly (born ca. 1944) is known for being one of the 12 women named by Time magazine Time Person of the Year in 1975,[1] representing American women (at the height of the feminist movement). In May 1975, she became the first female officer in the United States Navy to serve as the flag secretary to an admiral commanding an operational staff.[2] Byerly graduated from Chestnut Hill College
Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1966. Following graduation, she joined the U.S. Navy. In 1975 she held the rank of Lieutenant Commander
Commander and was a Navy executive and aide to Rear Admiral Allen Hill. References[edit]

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^ "12 Women Of The Year Named By Time Magazine". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. 29 December 1975. p. 14. Retrieved 9 December 2017.  ^ Ebbert, Jean; Hall, Marie-Beth (1993). Crossed currents: Navy women from WWI to Tailhook. Potomac Books. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-02-881022-5. 

Further reading[edit] "A Dozen Who Made a Difference – Kathleen Byerly: Confident Commander". Time. 5 January 1976. Retrieved 2 February 2008. 

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Time Persons of the Year

1927–1950

Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh (1927) Walter Chrysler
Walter Chrysler (1928) Owen D. Young
Owen D. Young (1929) Mohandas Gandhi (1930) Pierre Laval
Pierre Laval (1931) Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932) Hugh S. Johnson
Hugh S. Johnson (1933) Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1934) Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie (1935) Wallis Simpson
Wallis Simpson (1936) Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek / Soong Mei-ling
Soong Mei-ling (1937) Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (1938) Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin (1939) Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill (1940) Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941) Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin (1942) George Marshall
George Marshall (1943) Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1944) Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman (1945) James F. Byrnes
James F. Byrnes (1946) George Marshall
George Marshall (1947) Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman (1948) Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill (1949) The American Fighting-Man (1950)

1951–1975

Mohammed Mosaddeq (1951) Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (1952) Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer (1953) John Foster Dulles
John Foster Dulles (1954) Harlow Curtice
Harlow Curtice (1955) Hungarian Freedom Fighters (1956) Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev (1957) Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle (1958) Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1959) U.S. Scientists: George Beadle / Charles Draper / John Enders / Donald A. Glaser / Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg / Willard Libby
Willard Libby / Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling / Edward Purcell / Isidor Rabi / Emilio Segrè
Emilio Segrè / William Shockley
William Shockley / Edward Teller / Charles Townes / James Van Allen
James Van Allen / Robert Woodward (1960) John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy (1961) Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII (1962) Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963) Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson (1964) William Westmoreland
William Westmoreland (1965) The Generation Twenty-Five and Under (1966) Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson (1967) The Apollo 8
Apollo 8 Astronauts: William Anders
William Anders / Frank Borman
Frank Borman / Jim Lovell (1968) The Middle Americans (1969) Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt (1970) Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon (1971) Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger / Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon (1972) John Sirica
John Sirica (1973) King Faisal (1974) American Women: Susan Brownmiller / Kathleen Byerly
Kathleen Byerly / Alison Cheek / Jill Conway / Betty Ford
Betty Ford / Ella Grasso / Carla Hills / Barbara Jordan / Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King / Susie Sharp / Carol Sutton / Addie Wyatt (1975)

1976–2000

Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter (1976) Anwar Sadat
Anwar Sadat (1977) Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping (1978) Ayatollah Khomeini (1979) Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan (1980) Lech Wałęsa
Lech Wałęsa (1981) The Computer (1982) Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan / Yuri Andropov
Yuri Andropov (1983) Peter Ueberroth
Peter Ueberroth (1984) Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping (1985) Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino (1986) Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev (1987) The Endangered Earth (1988) Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev (1989) George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush (1990) Ted Turner
Ted Turner (1991) Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton (1992) The Peacemakers: Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat / F. W. de Klerk
F. W. de Klerk / Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela / Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin (1993) Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (1994) Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich (1995) David Ho
David Ho (1996) Andrew Grove
Andrew Grove (1997) Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton / Ken Starr
Ken Starr (1998) Jeffrey P. Bezos (1999) George W. Bush
George W. Bush (2000)

2001–present

Rudolph Giuliani (2001) The Whistleblowers: Cynthia Cooper / Coleen Rowley
Coleen Rowley / Sherron Watkins (2002) The American Soldier (2003) George W. Bush
George W. Bush (2004) The Good Samaritans: Bono
Bono / Bill Gates
Bill Gates / Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates (2005) You (2006) Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin (2007) Barack Obama
Barack Obama (2008) Ben Bernanke
Ben Bernanke (2009) Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg (2010) The Protester (2011) Barack Obama
Barack Obama (2012) Pope Francis
Pope Francis (2013) Ebola Fighters: Dr. Jerry Brown / Dr. Kent Brantly
Kent Brantly / Ella Watson-Stryker / Foday Gollah / Salome Karwah
Salome Karwah (2014) Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel (2015) Donald Trump
Donald Trump (2016) The Silence Breakers (2017)

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