NOVEMBER


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1848 The New England Female Medical College held its first classes, first medical school to educate women	1883 Jessie Daniel Ames was born, founder of the Assoc. of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching, in 1930	1992 Carol Moseley-Braun became the first black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate	1789 (circa) Sacajawea was born, participant in The Lewis & Clark Expedition	1857 Ida Tarbell was born, pioneer investigative reporter who wrote articles exposing illegal acts by Standard Oil Co.	1987 Tania Aebi became the youngest woman to circumnavigate the globe alone; she was 21 years old when she finished	1990 Mary Robinson was elected the first woman President of the Republic of Ireland
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1985 Grace Hopper became the first woman rear admiral in U.S. Navy, coinventor of computer language COBOL, coined the phrase "computer bug"	1922 Dorothy Dandridge was born, actress, first black Academy Award nominee	1893 Mabel Normand was born, comedienne, actress, thought to be first person to throw a pie in someone's face for comedy	1992 The Church of England voted to allow women priests	1815 Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born, woman suffrage leader, organized first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848	2000 Liv Arnesan (Norway) and Ann Bancroft (US) embarked on their successful expedition to become first women to cross Antarctica	1805 Fanny Mendelssohn was born, musician and composer
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1887 Georgia O'Keefe was born, innovative painter, known for her style of painting flowers	1384 (exact date unknown) Queen Jadwiga of Poland was crowned, became a saint in 1997	1870 Winifred Holt was born, sculptor and social advocate for the blind, awarded membership in French Legion of Honor	1857 Rose Knox was born, cofounder of Knox Gelatin Co., instigated 5-day work week, and 2-week paid vacations	1917 Indira Gandhi was born, Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and 1980 to 1984	1896 Rose Pesotta was born, leader in the International Ladies Garment Worker Union (ILGWU)	1902 Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie was born, aviator, first woman to acquire transport pilot's license, flew campaign plane for Franklin Roosevelt
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2005 Angela Merkel became the first woman Chancellor of Germany	1999 Hillary Rodham Clinton began her campaign for Senator, elected in 2000, 1st First Lady elected to Senate	1849 Frances Hodgson Burnett was born, writer of "The Secret Garden" and "The Little Princess"	International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, observed by the UN	1827 Ellen Gould Harmon White was born, founded the Seventh Day Adventist Church	1651 (exact date unknown) Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was born in Mexico, liberal-minded poet	1881 The first meeting was held by founders of the AAUW (American Assoc. of University Women), Marion Talbot and Ellen H. Richards
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1832 Louisa May Alcott was born, author of "Little Women," and "Little Men"	1924 Shirley Chisholm was born, first black woman elected to U.S. Congress, in 1968