1937
Lily Tomlin was born, comedian and actress
1838
Queen Liliuokalani was born, Hawaii's last monarch before it was made a U.S. state
1920
Lily Marguerite Higgins was born, reporter, author, first woman to win Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1951
1824
Phoebe Cary was born, poet, published her first poem at age 14
1950
Cathy Guisewite was born, cartoonist, created "Cathy" in 1976
1860
Jane Addams was born, social activist and first U.S. woman to win Nobel Peace Prize in 1931
1538
Queen Elizabeth I of England was born, ruled from 1558 to 1603
1600 (circa)
Lady Brilliana Harley was born, defended her family castle for 3 months during English Civil War
1903
Phyllis Whitney was born, author of mystery books, first published in 1941, lived to 104
1886
Hilda Doolite was born, poet who went by the name "H.D."
1877
Rosika Schwimmer was born, Hungarian suffragist and pacifist
1910
Alice Stebbins Wells became the first woman police officer with arrest powers in U.S.
1819
Clara Schumann was born, a piano prodigy who gave her first recital at age 9 and began first concert tour at age 11
978 (circa, exact date unknown)
Shikibu Murasaki was born, wrote "The Tale of Genji," one of the world's first novels
1930
Patsy Sherman was born, chemist, co-inventor of Scotchgard
1887
Louise Arner Boyd was born, Arctic explorer and photographer, made 9 trips to the Arctic between 1926 and 1955
1934
Maureen "Little Mo" Connelly Brinker was born, tennis champion, first woman to win the Grand Slam (4 major tournaments in 1 year) in 1953
1905
Greta Garbo was born, actress, famous for saying, "I want to be left alone"
1970
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" premiered on TV, won 29 Emmies in 8 years
1973
Tennis star Billie Jean King defeated former champion Bobby Riggs
1365
Christine de Pisan was born, one of the first feminists, author of poetry and books, including "The Book of the City of Ladies"
1943
Pearl Witherington, secret courier, parachuted into occupied France
1863
Mary Church Terrell was born, equal rights and suffrage advocate, president of the National Association of Colored Women
1998
eBay, headed by Meg Whitman, CEO, had an initial public stock offering
1981
Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court
1875
Mary Dreier was born, labor activist, president of the NY Women's Trade Union League
1657
Sophia Alekseevna was born, the first woman ruler of Russia from 1682 to 1689
1834
Frances Willard was born, teacher, president of a women's college, and president of the Chicago and National Women's Christian Temperance Union
1988
Stacy Allison became the first U.S. woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest
1780 (circa, exact date unknown)
Mmanthatisi was born in Africa, led her tribe through "the crushing" in South Africa
