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1978 - First postage stamp to honor a black woman, Harriet Tubman, is issued in Washington, DC.

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1987 - First National Women in Sports Day is celebrated in Washington, DC.

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1973 - Government Printing Office rules that the prefix "Ms." is acceptable optional identifying label in government publications.

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1973 - First convention of National Women's Political Caucus meets in Houston, TX.

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1962 - Eleanor Roosevelt becomes first chair of the President's Commission on the Status of Women.

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1921 - The Suffrage Monument, depicting Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott and carved by Adelaide Johnson, is dedicated in the nation's capitol.

1953 - Tenley Albright is the first American woman to win the world figure skating championship

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1980 - Mary Decker breaks the indoor mile world record finishing race in 4:17:55.

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1953 - Rachel Carson is elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

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1980 - AFL-CIO votes to reserve 2 seats on its 35 member executive team for a woman and a member of a minority group.

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1912 - Henrietta Szold founds Hadassah, the world's largest and oldest women's Zionist organization focusing on healthcare and education in the US and Israel.

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1922 - US Supreme Court upholds the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which guarantees women the right to vote

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