Woman's History Month

March 2010

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1978 - Women's History Week is first observed in Sonoma, California.

1987 - Congressional resolution naming Women's History Month is passed.

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1973 - Women begin pilot training for the US Navy.

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1917 - Jeannette Rankin of Montana is sworn in as the first woman elected to Congress.

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1934 - Eleanor Roosevelt becomes the first First lady to travel by air to a foreign country.

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A day internationally recognized as International Women's Day - its origins tracing back to protests US and Europe to honor and fight for the political rights for working women.

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1912 - Juliette Gordon Low assembled 18 girls together in Savannah, Georgia, for the first-ever Girl Scout meeting.

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1910 - Camp Fire Girls is established as the first American interracial, non-sectarian organization for girls.

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1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin", is published and becomes America's first book to sell over 1 million copies.

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1986 - Debi Thomas becomes first African American woman to win gold medal in a world skating competition.

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1917 - Virginia Woolf establishes the Hogarth Press with her husband, Leonard Woolf.

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1888 - The National Council of Women of the US is organized by Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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1776 - Abigail Adams writes to husband John who is helping to frame the Declaration of Independence: "Remember the ladies..."

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