Has there ever been a woman that has won the Victoria cross, and if so could you please name them?

Sofie

The Victoria Cross is the highest award for valour within the Commonwealth. Although instituted more than a century ago and spanning four of the most terrible wars in Britain's history, it has been awarded to only 1,352 men, three of whom have won it twice, plus one more for the American Unknown Soldier (WWI) , who lies buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, as a symbol for all those who died in the Allied cause. The British Unknown Warrior, who was buried in Westminster Abbey, received the Congressional Medal of Honor from the United States Government. He was not awarded the Victoria Cross. The deeds for which the VC has been won are as varied as the backgrounds from which the winners have come. For it is the most democratic of all medals, open to the private soldier no less than his commanding officer - "every rank and grade of all branches of Her Majesty's forces". Cast in bronze from the cannons captured at Sevastopol in the Crimean War, the Victoria Cross retains a mystique that few other military decorations have ever achieved. It takes precedence over all others British (and Commonwealth) decorations. The VC has never been won by a woman, although the rules do not preclude that possibility. It has been awarded to five civilians, four during the Indian rebellion of 1857 and one during the Second Afghan War (to Reverend James William Adams). Two Germans have won it, as well as a Russian and five Americans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Register_of_the_Victoria_Cross Jun 02 07, 3:40 PM