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

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1949 - Margaret Chase Smith (R-Maine) is elected to the Senate, where she stays in office until June 1973. She previously served in the House of Representatives, the first woman to serve in both the House and Senate

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1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as the first woman governor in U.S. history (governor of Wyoming).

Women of Distinction Award criteria approved.

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1896 - Fanny Farmer's first cookbook is published.

1955 - Marian Anderson is the first African American woman to sing at the Metropolitan Opera

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1977 - Pauli Murray, the first female African American Episcopal priest, is ordained

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1935 - Amelia Earhart Putnam makes the first solo flight from Hawaii to North America.

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1932 - Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D-Arkansas) is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. She was the first woman to chair a Senate Committee and the first to serve as the Senate's presiding officer as well.

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1985 - Runner Mary Decker sets a world record of 5:34:52 for the indoor 2,000-meter run

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1986 - Coretta Scott King leads a march through Atlanta, GA, to honor her slain husband's birthday, celebrated the first time that year as a national holiday

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Dr. Glasper to email college presidents about WOD nominations.

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1986 - The space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after takeoff, claiming the lives of Astronaut Judith Resnick, who would have been the second U.S. woman astronaut to travel in space, and teacher Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first civilian in space.

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1926 - Violette Neatly Anderson is the first black woman to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court

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