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 Historical data provided by the National Women's History Project.

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1935 - Mary McLeod Bethune creates National Council of Negro Women in Washington, DC

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1941 - Capt. Annie Fox receives the first Purple Heart awarded to a nurse for her service under attack at Pearl Harbor.

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1869 - Wyoming is the first territory to give women the vote.

1938 - Pearl S. Buck is the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature

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1993 - Susan A. Maxman becomes first woman president of the American Institute of Architects in its 135 year history.

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1961 - President's Commission on the Status of Women established to examine discrimination against women and ways to eliminate it

1985 - Wilma Mankiller is sworn in as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma - the first woman in modern history to lead a major Native American tribe.

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1993 - Judith Rodin is named president of Univ. of Pennsylvania, the first woman to head an Ivy League institution.

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1974 - The National Assn. of Women Business Owners is incorporated in Washington, DC.

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1967 - Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the NY Stock Exchange.

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