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PEOPLE, Page 61For the BirdsBy Emily Mitchell/Reported by Wendy Cole
"Leadership doesn't depend on gender," says the first captain
of the U.S. Corps of Cadets at West Point. She should know. Kristin
Baker, 21, is the new commander of the long gray line, the first
woman to win the academy's highest honor. A self-styled "Army
brat," she hadn't planned on a military career but changed her mind
after seeing the Point, her dad's alma mater. At 5 ft. 4 in., she
is shorter than most of the 4,400 cadets she'll order around. On
the other hand, she's 2 in. taller than Napoleon Bonaparte.