Ann Elizabeth Dunwoody (born 14 January 1953) [2] [3] is a retired general of the United States Army. She was the first woman in United States military and uniformed service history to achieve a four-star officer rank, receiving her fourth star on 14 November 2008.

Jan 1, 2025 · Ann E. Dunwoody is a U.S. general who in 2008 became the first woman to reach four-star status in the U.S. Army. Dunwoody’s father was a career army officer and a decorated veteran, and her childhood was spent traveling with her family from post to post.

Ann E. Dunwoody is the first woman to earn the rank of four-star general not only in the Army, but the entire U.S. armed forces. General Dunwoody joined the Army in 1974, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Women’s Army Corps in 1975.

Aug 16, 2012 · The first woman to serve as a four-star general in both the Army and the U.S. armed forces, Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody retired Aug. 15, 2012, after 38 years in uniform.

Ann E. Dunwoody is the first woman to earn the rank of four-star general not only in the Army, but the entire U.S. armed forces.

Nov 14, 2008 · I recognize that with this selection, some will view me as a trailblazer, but it's important that we remember the generations of women, whose dedication, commitment and quality of service helped...

Mar 30, 2020 · Ann Dunwoody, who served as the executive officer for the Defense Logistics Agency’s 13th director, Army Lt. Gen. Henry Glisson, became the first woman in the Army to achieve the rank of four-star general.

Ann Dunwoody is featured in Firsts, a multimedia project, as the first woman to rise to four-star general in the U.S. military.

General Ann Dunwoody is the first woman in US military history to achieve a four-star officer rank. She is the former commanding general of one of the Army’s largest commands, the US Army Materiel Command, with more than 69,000 employees and …

General Ann Dunwoody is the former commanding general of one of the Army’s largest commands, the US Army Materiel Command. She is the first woman in US military history to achieve a four-star officer rank, and US Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno called her “quite simply the best logistician the Army has ever had.”