Betsy Ross was born, credited with making the first American flag
1857
M. Carey Thomas was born, pioneer in women's higher education
1793
Lucretia Mott was born, leader in the quest for women's right to vote in the U.S.
2007
Nancy Pelosi was elected the first woman Speaker of the House in the U.S. Congress
1925
Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated in Wyoming as the first woman U.S. governor
1412
Joan of Arc was born, leader of the French army at 19 years of age
1901(circa)
Zora Neale Hurston was born, author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
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The first issue of "Woman's Journal" was published by Lucy Stone and her husband
1859
Carrie Chapman Catt was born, leader in the quest for women's right to vote in the U.S.
1797
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff was born, famous German poet, featured on 20 mark bill until euro replaced mark
300 B.C. (circa)
(exact date unknown)
Agnodice was born, Greek woman who dressed as a man in order to study and practice medicine; helped change Athenian law to allow women to be doctors
1935
Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland when she landed in Oakland, CA
1884 or 1886
Sophie Tucker was born, singer and entertainer, called herself "The Last of the Red-Hot Mamas"
1976
"The Bionic Woman" television show premiered, starring Lindsay Wagner
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2006
Michelle Bachelet was elected Chile's first woman president
2006
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was sworn in as Liberia's first woman president, and the first woman head of state of an African nation
1829
Catherine Booth was born, co-founder of the Salvation Army; women's rights advocate who believed in woman's right to preach
1910
Valentina Grizodubova was born, Russian aviator who, with 2 other women, broke the women's long-distance flying record in 1938
1943
Janis Joplin was born, first woman rock 'n roll star
1872
Julia Morgan was born, first woman licensed architect in CA; designed Hearst Castle
1956
Geena Davis was born, actress, won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "Accidental Tourist" in 1988
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2001
Dr. Condoleezza Rice became first woman U.S. National Security Advisor, serving President George W. Bush
1918
Gertrude Elion was born, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1988 in Physiology or Medicine for biochemistry
1862
Edith Wharton was born, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
1890
Nellie Bly (real name Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman), journalist, completed her around-the-world trip in 72 days, beating fictional character Phileas Fogg
1892
Bessie Coleman was born, first black woman pilot in the world
1964
Senator Margaret Chase Smith, Republican, began her campaign for U.S. President; first woman considered for nomination by a major party; first woman to serve in both Houses of Congress
1908
Julia Ward Howe became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts & Letters, for her song, "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
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Alice Evans was born, scientist who discovered the cause of undulant fever in 1917, which helped establish milk pasteurization laws
Woman Peerage Day in England, commemorating the day the House of Lords was opened to women in 1958
1923
Carol Channing was born, actress and entertainer, won a Tony for "Hello, Dolly!" in 1964
