George Sand was born, French novelist who wrote under a pseudonym (real name, Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin)
1937
Amelia Earhart, aviator, disappeared while attempting to fly around the world at the equator
1860
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born, author, wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper"
1918
Pauline Phillips was born, the original "Dear Abby" advice columnist
1755
Sarah Kemble Siddons was born, English stage actress
1907
Frida Kahlo was born, Mexican painter
1861
Nettie Stevens was born,
biologist, discovered that sex is determined by chromosomes
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Ella Reeve Bloor was born, labor activist, socialist, and later communist
1764
Ann Radcliffe was born, author of Gothic romance novels
1875
Mary McLeod Bethune was born, educator, founded Bethune-Cookman College, Dir. of National Youth Administration’s Division of Negro Affairs under President Franklin Roosevelt, in 1936
1819
Susan Bogert Warner was born, writer, pen name Elizabeth Wetherell
1971
Kristi Yamaguchi was born, Olympic figure skater
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Catalina de Erauzo was born in Spain, adventurous outlaw who dressed as a man
1927
Peggy Parish was born, author of the Amelia Bedelia children's books
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Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was born, the first U.S. citizen to become a saint
1862
Ida Wells-Barnett was born, co-founder of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
1867
Linda Anne Eastman was born, self-taught librarian, co-founded Ohio Library Association
1976
Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast, became the first person to score a perfect 10 in the Olympics when she was just 14 years old
1848
The first women's rights convention opened in Seneca Falls, NY
1939
Judy Chicago was born, artist and creator of "The Dinner Party"
1960
Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world's first woman Prime Minister, in Sri Lanka
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Emma Lazarus was born, poet, poem is carved on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty
1999
Colonel Eileen Collins became the first woman commander of a U.S. space shuttle mission
1920
Bella Abzug was born, attorney, U.S. Representative for NY, political activist
1920
Rosalind Franklin was born, molecular biologist who helped discover DNA
1895
Grace Allen was born, comedienne, stage partner with husband George Burns
1853
Lucy Maynard Salmon was born, first history professor at Vassar College, first woman in the American Historical Association
1819
Louise Smith Clappe was born, author of “The Shirley Letters,” which chronicled life in a gold rush camp, teacher
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Clara Bow was born, movie star, acted in silent movies, called the "It" girl
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Emily Brontë was born, author of "Wuthering Heights"
1944
Sherry Lansing was born, the first female head of a Hollywood movie studio, 20th Century Fox
