Mary Ingraham 
... that Mary Ingraham was the first woman to receive the United States Medal for Merit award?
... that <b id="mwCCU"><a class="new" data-mw-i18n='{"title":{"lang":"x-page","key":"red-link-title","params":["Mary Shotwell Ingraham"]}}' href="./Mary_Shotwell_Ingraham?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" id="mwCCY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mary Shotwell Ingraham" typeof="mw:LocalizedAttrs">Mary Ingraham</a> </b> was the first woman to receive the United States <a href="./Medal_for_Merit" id="mwCCc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Medal for Merit">Medal for Merit</a> award?