Has there ever been a Medal of Honor given to a woman?
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Yes, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker\n\n\nHer commendation for the medal reads \n\nWhereas it appears from official reports that Dr. Mary E. Walker, a graduate of medicine, "has rendered valuable service to the government, and her efforts have been earnest and untiring in a variety of ways," and that she was assigned to duty and served as an assistant surgeon in charge of female prisoners at Louisville, KY., under the recommendation of Major-Generals Sherman and Thomas, and faithfully served as contract surgeon in the service of the United states, and has devoted herself with much patriotic zeal to the sick and wounded soldiers, both in the field and hospitals, to the detriment of her own health, and has endured hardships as a prisoner of war four months in a southern prison while acting as contract surgeon; and\n\nWhereas by reason of her not being a commissioned officer in the military service a brevet or honorary rank can not, under existing laws, be conferred upon her; and\n\nWhereas in the opinion of the President an honorable recognition of her services and suffers should be made;\n\nIt is Ordered. That a testimonial thereof shall be hereby made and given to the said Dr. Mary E. Walker, and that the usual medal of honor for meritorious services be given her.\n\nGiven under my hand in the city of Washington, D. C. this 11th day of November, A.D. 1865. \n\nAndrew Johnson, President\n\nBy the President: \nEdwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War
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This website has ALL medals for all branches of the military.\n\nHope this helps!
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Actually there was a woman this past week that did it twice in one game.\n\nMost women are too short to do it.
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With the help of a woman
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depends if you in the military or not, there are alot of medals/awards/ribbons/decoration that is available, check it out at \n\nhttp://usmilitary.about.com/od/armymedals/l/blarmedal.htm
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Haha, that sounds really ridiculous. May have happened in WW1 though. But a dog has ever fought in WW1 and got promoted to sergeant, decorated with medals.
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I'm also in the military...The Isrealis tested the concept of women in combat... It failed. Not because women were incapable. Just the opposite in fact. Women were wounded in battle just like their male counterparts. However, male troops feared what would happen to female wounded if captured by the enemy so much that they jeopardized themselves and the mission in order to protect and save dead and severly wounded female soldiers.
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United States Army Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith is the only person to receive the Medal of Honor for service in Iraq.
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Valor\nActually, the U.S. Navy was the first military service to accept and use the Medal of Honor, the General-in-Chief of the Army Winfield killed the idea as a European affectation
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Actually no. Thomas Jefferson's wife had died before he became president so his daughter was the "First Lady," and later his friend, Dolley Madison took over the duties.\n\n"Several women, other than wives of presidents, have served as first lady. This situation has arisen due to the president being a bachelor or widower, or when the wife of the president is unable or unwilling to fulfill the duties of the first lady herself. In these cases, the position has been filled by a female relative or friend of the president."
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Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor.
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No. There is no equivalent to "First Lady" for the wife of the vice president. She is Mrs. Cheney.
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I dont know about everything better, but i spent 8 years in the united states marine corps, and as a male i was sceptical at first about women in the military. howerver, i learned women can shoot better, and learn how to shoot faster, then men  on average. i also learned women tend to find innovative solutions to problems that the average male didnt think of. By the end of my tours of service, i firmly believed that women were an important part of the USMC! Thats my small part of the answer.
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Here is a good biography of her:\nhttp://www.civilwarhome.com/edmondsbio.htm\n\nEmma Edmonds was one of approximately 400 women who succeeded in enlisting in the army (either Union or Confederate) during the Civil War. Her uniqueness is that she not only succeeded in remaining in the army for several years, but was also eminently successful as a Union spy-all while impersonating a man.\n        Born in Nova Scotia, Emma had a very difficult early life. Her father greatly resented the fact that she was not born a boy and subsequently he treated her badly in her early life. To counter his temper Emma did all she could to prove that she was in fact a boy underneath her femininity. Finally the father's treatment got so abusive that Emma fled from her home to the United States where she quickly adapted to a new life. The United States became her country and it was a natural thing for her to want to defend "her country" when the war began.\n        Emma was living in Flint, Michigan, when the first call for Union enlistments went out. She wanted to answer the call. So she cropped her hair, got a man's suit of clothing, took the name of Frank Thompson and tried to enlist. It took her four tries but finally she did in fact get sworn into the Union Army (at that time the physical consisted merely of asking the enlistee questions-no medical examination). On April 25, 1861, Emma Edmonds alias Frank Thompson became a male nurse in the Second Volunteers of the United States Army.\n        After training in Washington, D.C., Emma's unit was sent south to be part of McClellan's campaign in Virginia. Private Thompson (Emma) was assigned as a male nurse to the hospital unit of the 2nd Michigan Volunteers and had no trouble in maintaining her masculine masquerade. Even before the hostilities erupted on a full scale two events occurred that changed Private Thompson's life forever. The events were:\n\n    (1) A Union agent working in Richmond for McClellan was caught and faced a firing squad. This left a void in the intelligence gathering for McClellan.\n\n    (2) A young officer, named James Vesey, who Emma had known back in Canada, was killed on a patrol. Emma, not knowing this, went to see him and arrived at his unit just as his funeral was about to begin.\n\n        As a result of these events, when the word went out that McClellan's staff was looking for a person to act as a spy prior to the campaign-Private Frank Thompson volunteered. She studied all she could find on weapons, tactics, local geography and military personalities and when interviewed for the position, Private Thompson so impressed the staff that the position was his (hers).\n        Prior to her first mission, Private Thompson had to devise a disguise that would not alert the Confederates to her real mission and she decided to enter the Confederacy as a black man. Assisted by the wife of the local chaplain, the only person knowing her true identity, she used silver nitrate to darken her skin to the point that the doctor she worked for in the hospital did not recognize her. She donned men's clothing along with a black minstrel wig--chose the assumed name of "Cuff"--and departed on her first mission.\n        Once on the Confederate front she was soon assigned to work on the ramparts being built by the local Negroes to counter McClellan. Her hands were so blistered after the first day that she convinced a fellow slave to swap jobs with her and the second day she worked in the kitchen and all the time she kept her eyes and ears open. She learned a great deal about the morale of the troops, the size of the army, weapons available, and even discovered the "Quaker guns" (Logs painted black to look like cannons from afar) that were to be used at Yorktown.\n        After the second day, she was luckily assigned as a Confederate picket, which allowed her to escape and return to the Union side. The information she delivered was
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butler reeived the medal of honor twice (!!), once in the mexican vera cruz campaign of 1914 and again in haiti in 1915.  to be awarded the medal of honor once is outstanding; to be awarded it twice is almost unheard-of.  here are the citations from the army medal of honor website:\n\nAs Commanding Officer of detachments from the 5th, 13th, 23d Companies and the marine and sailor detachment from the U.S.S. Connecticut, Maj. Butler led the attack on Fort Riviere, Haiti, 17 November 1915. Following a concentrated drive, several different detachments of marines gradually closed in on the old French bastion fort in an effort to cut off all avenues of retreat for the Caco bandits. Reaching the fort on the southern side where there was a small opening in the wall, Maj. Butler gave the signal to attack and marines from the 15th Company poured through the breach, engaged the Cacos in hand-to-hand combat, took the bastion and crushed the Caco resistance. Throughout this perilous action, Maj. Butler was conspicuous for his bravery and forceful leadership.\n\nCitation: For distinguished conduct in battle, engagement of Vera Cruz, 22 April 1914. Maj. Butler was eminent and conspicuous in command of his battalion. He exhibited courage and skill in leading his men through the action of the 22d and in the final occupation of the city.
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The Distinguished Service Medal is awarded for courage.  There are several varieties that exists.  Both military and civilian have there own medal.
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There's plenty...Alice Paul, Pocahontas, Amelia Earhart, Carrie Chapman Catt, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Elanor Roosevelt, Harriet Tubman, Madame C.J. Walker, Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller, Lucille Ball, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Zora Neale Hurston, Emily Dickinson, Marilyn Monroe...just to name a few. I suppose some people would consider Oprah Winfrey a hero too...I guess it depends on what you're looking for.\nThere's countless others. I hope this helps you.