Female Grads Want Jim Webb’s Naval Academy Award Revoked Because He Was Against Women in Combat Four Decades Ago
Posted By Elizabeth Harrington On March 29, 2017 @ 4:59 am
Female U.S. Naval Academy alumni are protesting an award given to Jim Webb, a decorated Vietnam veteran, former senator, and secretary of the Navy, because he argued against women in combat nearly four decades ago.
Webb is set to receive the Distinguished Graduate Award this Friday, but several women are asking the alumni association to rescind Webb's award because of his essay "Women Can't Fight," according to the Capital Gazette.
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