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Randy Carol Goguen: From Yeomanettes to Fighter Jets, A Century of Women in the U.S. Navy

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Starts:

Thursday May 22, 2025

    12:00 PM

Ends:

 

    2:00 PM

 

*For non-member event reservations: please email pfitzgerald@democraticwoman.org or telephone (202) 232-7363 Ext. 402 (voicemails will also be accepted).*

*Please note: Guests, with the exception of members’ spouses and domestic partners, may attend a maximum of three paid events from July 1 to June 30. After the third event, they must join the Club to continue attending events.*

Integrating women into the U.S. Navy has been a long and often contentious process to overcome resistance imposed by cultural and institutional norms and patriarchal prejudices. Goguen, a retired naval reserve officer who authored “From Yeomanettes to Fighter Jets,” asserts: “Exigency is the mother of integration.” Join her in exploring why—despite a deeply ingrained institutional resistance cultivated within an insular, often misogynist, sea-going subculture—today’s U.S. Navy could not meet its mission requirements without women.

Following the luncheon program, please join us for a guided tour of the Military Women's Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery to learn about more outstanding women who broke glass ceilings in the U.S. armed forces. The Memorial is easily reached by Metro, and parking is available at the cemetery.

EVENT DETAILS:

  • Remarks and Q&A, in-person and via Zoom (speaker via Zoom).
  • Noon bar opens, 12:15 p.m. lunch (optional), 1–2 p.m. program. 2 p.m. book signing, 3:30 p.m. trip to Arlington National Cemetery.
  • $10 lecture or Zoom only, $30 members and $35 guests for lunch (plus tax). Cash bar.

Goguen served as an enlisted Marine and a Navy Yeoman in the U.S. Navy Reserve before she was commissioned as a naval intelligence officer in 1987. She retired at the rank of Commander in 2010 following more than 32 years of naval service. Goguen was employed as the civilian historian for the Office of Naval Intelligence from 2002 until her retirement in 2022.