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Little Known Black History Fact: Cathay Williams, Buffalo Soldier

Cathay Williams was the first African American woman to enlist and be documented as a soldier in the U.S. Army.

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She Fought Nobly: Cathay Williams, the First Black Woman Soldier

A formerly enslaved woman secretly became a Buffalo Soldier and was able to hide her gender from her fellow infantrymen for years.

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The life of Cathay Williams: The tale of the only female Buffalo Soldier, who went on to settle in Colorado

The life of Cathay Williams: The tale of the only female Buffalo Soldier, who went on to settle in Colorado
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Cathay Williams — The Only Known Female Buffalo Soldier

Cathay Williams knew that she couldn’t volunteer to serve as a regular soldier in the U.S. military. But knowing didn’t stop her. The young girl who had once labored as a house slave on the Johnson Plantation in Jefferson City, Missouri devised a plan to enlist in the U.S. Regular Army: she would register under the pseudonym William Cathay. | Cathay Williams knew that she couldn’t volunteer to serve as a regular soldier in the U.S. military. But knowing didn’t stop her. The young girl who had once labored as a house slave on the Johnson Plantation in Jefferson City, Missouri devised a plan to enlist in the U.S. Regular Army: she would register under

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Cathay Williams was the only female Buffalo Soldier

Her act of secret defiance to serve the country that initially considered her a slave has forever established Williams as a righteous rebel in Colorado history books

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