Highest-Ranking Army Woman Charges Sexual Harassment
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- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Crime, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Scandals, Gender Issues, Sexism
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Women’s History
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: March 30, 2000
Article abstract: Lieutenant General Claudia J. Kennedy, the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. Army, charged a fellow three-star general with sexual harassment.
A Distinguished Career
On March 30, 2000, the Pentagon confirmed that the U.S. Army’s highest-ranking woman, Lieutenant General Claudia G. Kennedy, filed a sexual harassment complaint against Major General Larry G. Smith, a married three-star general with a previously unblemished record. Kennedy, at the time one of only three women serving as three-star officers, accused Smith of groping her in...
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