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2000 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship
1998 Martha Gelhorn, female war correspondents, dies at 89 1998 1st female ice hockey game in Olympic history Finland beats Sweden 6-0 1998 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan 1997 Nancy Dickerson, 1st female news correspondent (CBS), dies at 70 1997 1st all female (20 British women) team reaches North Pole 1997 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski 1996 Catherine Roskam becomes the 1st New York female Episcopal bishop 1996 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan 1995 Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450) 1995 Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500m (38.69 sec) 1995 Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13m) 1995 Susan Auch skates female world record 500m (38.94 sec) 1995 Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m) 1995 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Nicole Bobek 1995 Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec) 1995 Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke: 27.77 1995 Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke (27.77) 1994 Chandrika Kumaratunga chosen 1st female president of Sri Lanka 1994 Lu Bin swims female 200m medley world record (2:11.57) 1994 Jingyi Le swims female world record 50m freestyle 1994 Chong Hey swims female record 400m medley (4:01.67)/100m backstroke 1994 Franziska van Almsick swims female record 200m freestyle (1:56.78) 1994 Sonia O'Sullivan runs female world record 2K (5:25.36) 1994 Sonia O'Sullivan runs female 2K world record (5:25.36) 1994 Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (first female prime minister in Africa), assassinated, the day after President Habyarimana's plane was shot down, killing him and the president of Burundi 1994 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding 1993 Tansu Ciller appointed 1st female premier of Turkey 1993 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan 1993 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85 1992 Anglican Church and Church of England OK female priests 1992 Carol Moseley Brown elected 1st black female in U.S. Senate 1992 Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71 1992 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period 1992 Bernice Gera, 1st female basball ump (1969 NY-Penn League) dies at 61 1992 Lin Li swims female world record/OR 200m medley (2:11.65) 1992 Kelly Saunders is 1st female baseball announcer for the Baltimore Orioles 1992 Mona Van Duyn is named 1st female U.S. poet laureate 1992 Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns 1992 Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31) 1992 Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22) 1992 Anita Hall swims female world record 200m freestyle (2:25.35) 1992 Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m) 1992 U.S. female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi. 1991 Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year 1991 Yolanda Gail Devers runs U.S. female record 100m hurdles (12.48 seconds) 1991 Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53) 1991 Edith Cresson becomes France's 1st female premier 1991 Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14) 1991 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding 1991 Nadine Strossen is 1st female president of the ACLU 1991 Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec) 1990 Mary Robinson elected as 1st female president of Ireland 1990 Craig Russell, female impersonator, dies of an AIDS-stroke at 42 1990 Rosa Mota wins female marathon (2:31:27) 1990 Dr. Antonia Novello sworn-in as 1st hispanic/female U.S. surgeon general 1990 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary 1990 Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asstistant General Manager (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office) 1989 New York City elects it's 1st black mayor (Dinkins) and female comp (Holtzman) 1989 Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Netherlands 1st female advisor of State, dies 1989 Janet B Evans swims female world record 800m freestyle (8:16.22) 1989 Paula Ivan runs female world record 1 mile (4:15.61) 1989 Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48) 1989 Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade 1989 Barbara Harris becomes 1st female bishop of a U.S. Episcopal church 1989 Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated 1st female bishop (Episcopalian) 1989 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary 1989 Episcopal church appoints 1st female bishop 1988 Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Moslem country, Pakistan 1988 Rosa Mota wins 2nd female olympic marathon (2:25:39) 1988 Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47;06) 1988 Janet B. Evans swims 1500m freestyle female world record (15:52.10) 1988 Divine, Harris Milstead, female impersonator (Pink Flamingos), dies 1988 Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories) 1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates female record 3k (4:11.94) 1988 Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200m (1:32.55) 1988 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas 1987 Christa Rothenburger skates female world record 500m (39.39 sec) 1987 Carla Beurskens runs Dutch female record marathon (2:26:34) 1987 Janet B Evans swims female world record 400m freestyle (4:03.85) 1987 Rosa Mota becomes wins female Rome marathon (2:25:17) 1987 Silke Horneer swims female world record 100m breaststroke (1:07.91) 1987 Straatsburg: Manuela Stellmach/Astrid Strauss/Anke Mohring/ Heike Friedrich swims female world record 4x200m freestyle (7:55.47) 1987 Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39) 1987 National Museum of Female Physician opens in Washington D.C. 1987 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary 1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin 1986 Margaretha "Marga" Klompe, Dutch 1st female minister (CRM), dies at 74 1986 Rosa Mota wins Stuttgart female marathon (2:28:38) 1986 Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55) 1986 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas 1986 Mary Lund of Minn, is 1st female recipient of an artificial heart 1985 Mary Decker Tabb Slaney runs U.S. 3K female record (8:25.83) 1985 Katrin Dorre wins 1st female World Cup marathon (2:33:30) 1985 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tiffany Chin 1984 1st female to captain a 747 across Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer) 1984 Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43) 1984 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners 1983 Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's 1st female governor 1983 Martha Layne Collins (D) elected 1st female governor of Kentucky 1983 Marlies Gohr runs female European record 100m (10.81) 1983 Rosa Mota runs female world record 20k (1:06:55.5) 1983 Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29) 1983 Elizabeth Dole, 1st female secretary of transportation, is sworn-in 1983 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners 1982 Agatha Barbara elected as 1st female president of Malta 1982 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners 1981 Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice 1981 Silvana Cruciata runs 15k female world record (49:44.0) 1981 1st female soccer official is hired by NASL 1981 Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110m 1981 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Elaine Zayak 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 100 m butterfly (58.91) 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 m butterfly (2:05.65) 1980 Jacqueline Cochrane, U.S. pilot/1st female faster than sound, dies at 70 1980 1st female state police graduates, New Jersey 1980 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne 1979 Khomeini frees most black and female U.S. hostages 1979 Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters 1979 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne 1978 Dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco 1st female mayor 1978 Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts and Female), dies in New York at 76 1978 Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8) 1978 Hannah H Gray inaugurated as 1st female head of U.S. university (Chic) 1978 Arlyne Rhode sets female footbow distance record (1,113 yards and 30") 1978 Tatyana Providokhina runs female world record 1k (2:30.6) 1978 Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female 1978 Margaret A. Brewer is 1st female general in the U.S. Marine Corps 1978 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne 1977 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:34:47.5) 1977 Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4) 1977 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne 1976 Inge Helten runs female European record 100m (11.04) 1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor 1976 1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy 1976 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill 1975 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8) 1975 Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24) 1975 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill 1974 Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5) 1974 Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:46:24) 1974 Episcopal Church ordained female priests 1974 Tammy Holmes, born in Berkeley, California, female outfielder, Colorado Silver Bullets 1974 Candy Darling, James Slattery, female impersonator, dies 1974 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill 1973 Christine Monge, born in San Francisco, California, female pitcher, Colorado Silver Bullets 1973 1st TV network female nudity-Steambath (PBS)-Valerie Perrine 1973 Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race 1973 1st sub 17-minute 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s) 1973 Laura Espinoza-Watson, Torrance California, female infielder, Silver Bullets 1973 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn 1972 Angie Marzetta, Norfolk Virginia, female outfielder, Silver Bullets 1972 Laurie Shepard, Cordele, Georgia, female pitcher, Colorado Silver Bullets 1972 Renate Stecher runs 100m European female record (11.07 sec) 1972 Tamarie Ivie, born in Ananheim, California, female infielder, Colorado Silver Bullets 1972 Bernice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball 1972 1st female U.S. rabbi installed, Sally J Priesand at 25 1972 Sally J Priesand becomes 1st female U.S. rabbi 1972 Manon Rheaume, Lac Beauport Quebec, 1st female NHLer, Tampa Bay 1972 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn 1971 Alyson Habetz, Crowley, Louisiana, female pitcher, Colorado Silver Bullets 1971 Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000 1971 TC Jones, female impersonator, dies of cancer at 50 1971 Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30) 1971 Shae Sloan, Huntsville, Texas, female pitcher, Colorado Silver Bullets 1971 Wendee Espinosa, born in Stockton, California, female outfielder, Silver Bullets 1971 Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42) 1971 Pam Schaffrath, born in Chicago, Illinois, female catcher, Colorado Silver Bullets 1971 Swiss men accept female suffrage 1971 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn 1970 Camille Spitaleri, born in Mountain View, California, female infielder, Silver Bullets 1970 Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship 1970 Missy Cress, born in Burbank, California, female catcher, Colorado Silver Bullets 1970 Elizabeth Hoisington and Anna Mae Mays named 1st female U.S. generals 1970 Shannan Mitchem, born in Decatur, Georgia, female infielder, Colorado Silver Bullets 1970 Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53) 1970 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn 1970 Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female DA in NY, dies at 70 1969 Marcie Aguilar, born in Tucson, Arizona, female infielder, Colorado Silver Bullets 1969 Lee Anne Ketcham, Tallahassee, Florida, female pitcher, Silver Bullets 1969 Males of Swiss kanton Schaffhausen rejects female suffrage 1969 Kim Braatz, born in Santa Ana, California, female outfielder, Colorado Silver Bullets 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major U.S. track 1969 Golda Meir sworn in as Israel's 1st female prime minister 1969 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn 1968 Melissa Coombes, born in San Gabriel, California, female pitcher, Colorado Silver Bullets 1968 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming 1967 Anni Pede runs female world record marathon (3:07:26) 1967 Jayne Mansfield, actress (Female Jungle), dies in a car crash at 34 1967 Cara Coughenour, born in Sioux City, Iowa, female pitcher, Colorado Silver Bullets 1967 Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22) 1967 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming 1966 Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage 1966 Kanton Bazel leads female suffrage in Switzerland 1966 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming 1965 Stacy Sunny, San Bernadino California, female infielder, Colorado Silver Bullets 1965 Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah 1965 Elizabeth Lane becomes 1st female British supreme court justice 1965 Patricia R. Harris named 1st U.S. black female ambassador (Luxembourg) 1965 Frances Perkins, U.S. 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83 1965 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming 1964 George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans 1964 Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH 1964 Mildred Simpson runs female world record marathon (3:19:33) 1964 Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45) 1964 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming 1964 Bridget Fonda, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Scandal, Single White Female 1963 Michele McAnany, born in Los Angeles, California, female infielder, Colorado Silver Bullets 1963 Julie Krone, born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, jockey, 1st female to win Belmont-93 1963 1st U.S. female world figure skating champ (Tenley Albright) 1963 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon 1962 Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st U.S. black female judge 1962 Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77 1962 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles 1961 For 2nd cons year, AP names Wilma Rudolph female athlete of year 1961 Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67 1961 Pat Dufficy, born in Westerly, Rhode Island, female catcher, Colorado Silver Bullets 1961 Suzanna Salter, 1st U.S. female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101 1961 Wendy Liebman, born in Manhasset, New York, comedian, performs stand up comedy, American Comedy Award for Female Stand-up Comedian of the Year, 1997, appeared on HBO, The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show 1961 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen 1960 Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3) 1960 Sirima Bandaranaike becomes 1st female premier of Ceylon 1960 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss 1959 Maria Baers, Flemish social female worker/senator, dies at 76 1959 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss 1958 Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours 1958 Jennifer Jason Leigh, Morrow, LA Cal, actress, Single White Female 1957 Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4 ") 1956 Female suffrage in Egypt 1955 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright 1955 Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge 1954 Sarah Lundy, born in America, horse trainer, won Sam F. Davis Stakes, Tampa Bay Downs, 1993, first female trainer to saddle a horse in the Belmont Stakes 1954 Sonia Sotomayor, born in the Bronx, New York City, first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, third female Supreme Court justice 1953 Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage 1953 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service 1953 Dr. A de Waal appointed as Netherlands 1st female Assistant Secretary of State 1951 Swiss males votes against female suffrage 1951 Stephen Tobolowsky, Texas, actor, Single White Female, Thelma and Louise 1951 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer 1949 GN Clark becomes 1st female U.S. treasurer 1948 Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70 1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular U.S. Navy 1948 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill 1947 Camille Paglia, born in Endicott, New York, actress, Female Misbehavior, It's Pat 1947 Avril "Kim" Campbell, Canada's 1st female premier, 1993- 1945 Khaleda Zia, born in Dinajpur District, India, first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh 1991 - 1996, listed in Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World 2006 1944 1st female U.S. Navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed 1943 Tarja Halonen, born in Kallio, Finland, politician, lawyer, Social Democratic Party, first female President of Finland 1943 Toni Tennille, Montgomery, Alabama, female Beachboy, Captain and Tennille 1942 Seinheuer throws female world record spear (47.24m) 1942 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn 1941 Barbet Schroeder, director, Barfly, Single White Female, More 1941 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn 1940 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer 1939 Germaine Greer, born in Melbourne, Australia, feminist/author, Female Eunich 1939 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer 1938 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer 1937 Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atlantic, dies at 40 1937 Joanna Russ, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Female Man, Alyx 1937 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1937 K Elizabeth Ohi becomes 1st Japanese-U.S. female lawyer 1936 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1935 Geraldine Ferraro, born in Newburgh, New York, Representative-D-New York 1979 - 1985, 1st female Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1984 1935 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1934 Miss Theo Trowbridge sets female bowling record 702 pins in games 1934 Jane Byrne, born in Chicago, Illinois, first female Mayor of Chicago, Illinois 1979 - 1983, served as head of consumer affairs 1934 Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers 1933 Ann Richards, born in Lakeview, Texas, American politician, Democrat, Governor of Texas, second female governor of Texas, defeated for re-election by future U.S. President George W. Bush 1933 Dianne Feinstein, born in San Francisco, California, 1st female mayor of San Francisco, Senator-D-California 1992 - 1933 1st female director (Nellie T Ross) of U.S. Mint takes office 1933 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor 1931 Spanish Cortes accept general female suffrage 1931 Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball 1930 Barbara Harris, 1st U.S. Episcopal female bishop 1930 Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies 1929 Turkey introduces female suffrage 1929 Aletta Henriette Jacobs, 1st Dutch female doctor/feminist, dies at 75 1929 Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st Dutch female minister (of Labor) 1928 British parliament accept female sufferage 1927 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran 1926 Violet Percy runs female record marathon (3:40:22) 1925 Gertrude Shope, South African head, ANC female section 1925 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran 1924 Nellie Tayloe Ross elected 1st U.S. female Governor (Wyoming) 1924 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard 1923 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard 1922 Rebecca L. Felton sworn in as 1st female U.S. Senator 1922 Female 1st baseman Lizzie Murphy plays on AL all-star team 1922 Jeanne Sauve, 1st female Governor-General, Canada, 1984-90 1921 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard 1920 T C Jones, Pennsylvania, female impersonator 1920 Leontine Tg Kelly, 1st black female bishop, Methodist 1919 Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament 1919 US-born Lady Astor elected 1st female member of British Parliament 1919 Democratic National Committee voted to allow female members 1919 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts female suffrage 1917 1st female U.S. Navy Petty Officer is Loretta Walsh 1917 Johanna Westerdijk installed as Netherlands 1st female professor 1916 Second Chamber accept initial impetus to general males/female suffrage 1916 Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage 1916 Norway approves active and passive female suffrage 1913 1000s of women demonstrate for Dutch female suffrage 1913 Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington D.C. 1912 Arizona, Kansas and Wisconsin vote for female suffrage 1912 Bob Tadema Sporry, Dutch, female, author 1910 SDAP/NVV initiate campaign for general males/female suffrage 1910 25,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam for general male/female suffrage 1910 World's 1st female cop, Alice Stebbins Wells, appointed (LAPD) 1910 Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris is 1st licensed female pilot 1908 Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female 1907 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor 1907 Sophie Redmond, Suriname's 1st female physician 1905 Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice 1905 Thelma Todd, Alison Loyd, Lawrence, Massachusetts, actress, Dangerous Female 1903 Norwegian parliament vote unanimiously for female suffrage 1902 Australian parliament agrees to female suffrage 1901 Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization 1899 Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female district attorney, NY 1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator 1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator 1895 U.S. state Utah accepts female suffrage 1895 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin) 1894 Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms 1893 State Colorado accept female suffrage 1890 Wyoming becomes 44th state of U.S., 1st with female suffrage 1890 Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer 1889 Belle Starr, U.S. female gangster, murdered at 40 1885 Cairine Ray Wilson, Montreal, 1st female Canadian senator, appointed 1884 Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for President and Vice President 1883 Maria Baers, Flemish social female worker/senator 1883 Julian Eltinge, Massachusetts, vaudeville star/greatest female impersonator 1883 Johanna Westerdijk, botanist/Netherlands 1st female prof, Utrecht, 1917-52 1882 1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office 1880 Jeannette Rankin, born in Missoula, Montana, Representative-R-Montana 1917 - 1919 and 1941 - 1943, becomes 1st female member of Congress 1880 Jeannette Rankin, Representative-R-Montana 1917 - 1919 and 1941 - 1943, 1st female member of Congress, died at age 92 from natural causes 1879 1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood) 1878 Karl Albiker, German sculptor, German Art, female nudes 1878 1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston) 1878 U.S. Senate proposes female suffrage 1877 Helene Dutrieu, comedienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian female pilot 1876 Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY) 1875 Suze Groeneweg, 1st Dutch female parliament member, SDAP, 1918-37 1870 Ada Kepley becomes 1st female law college graduate 1870 Mass legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary 1870 Esther Morris appointed 1st female judge 1865 Mary Edward Walker, 1st Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor 1861 Sally Tompkins is only Confederate Army female commissioned officer 1860 Suzanna Salter, 1st U.S. female mayor and temperance leader 1854 Aletta Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician 1852 1st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London) 1850 Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) 1848 Female Medical Educational Society forms in Boston 1848 Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley], U.S. female outlaw, wild west 1838 Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class 1838 Margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison" 1829 Phoebe Ann Coffin, 1st female ordained minister in New England 1825 Antoinette Brown Blackwell, clergy, 1st ordained U.S. female minister 1805 Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America 1804 George Sand, born in France, female, novelist, Valentine, Le Figaro 1804 Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies 1795 James Barry, female disguised as a man, surgeon general, British army 1762 1st female (Ann Franklin) U.S. newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury 1759 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist, Female Reader 1656 All female jury hears case of woman who killed her child (acquit her) |
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