Simone Marie Askew is a first lieutenant in the United States Army. In 2017, she became the first

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woman to earn the role of First Captain, leader of the Corps of Cadets. This is regarded as a major step in

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and gender equality within the United States military. She graduated from West Point in 2018 with a BS in international studies and

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. She was also named by

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as one of the top 10 College Women of the Year. Askew is a 2014 graduate of Fairfax High School in Virginia. She was granted a Rhodes Scholarship in 2017. Askew earned a

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with merit in refugee and forced migration studies from the

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in 2019, and is currently pursuing

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from the

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at University of Oxford.

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