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13th March 1942: Julia Flikke, the commander of the Army Nurse Corps, became the first female Colonel in the United States

  • 13th March 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Army, First World War, Second World War, United States, USA, Women

Although her rating was only temporary, it marked in important step towards the Army-Navy Nurse Act of 1947 that made such appointments permanent.

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23rd January 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to receive a medical degree in the USA

  • 23rd January 2021
  • Tagged as: College, Doctor, Education, Equality, Medicine, New York, New York City, Science, Women

Blackwell graduated first in her class and became the first woman to achieve a medical degree in the United States.

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5th January 1925: Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first woman in the United States to be sworn in as governor of a state

  • 5th January 2021
  • Tagged as: America, USA, Women, Women's Suffrage, Wyoming

Ross later achieved another ‘first’ in 1933 when she was appointed Director of the U.S. Mint by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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12th December 1935: Nazis introduce Lebensborn programme

  • 12th December 2020
  • Tagged as: Aryan, Birth Rate, Children, Germany, Himmler, Nazi, Norway, Poland, Race, Racism, Sweden, Women

On the 12th December 1935, the Lebensborn registered association was established in Nazi Germany by the SS.

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18th November 1872: Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting in a Presidential election

  • 18th November 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Election, New York, Politics, Rochester, United States, USA, Voting, Women, Women's Suffrage

Anthony and fourteen other women successfully cast their votes despite it being illegal under federal law.

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23rd October 1910: Blanche Stuart Scott becomes the first American woman to pilot an aircraft in public

  • 23rd October 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Flight, Technology, Women

She continued making exhibition flights until 1916, earning her the nickname the ‘Tomboy of the Air’.

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20th September 1973: Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ tennis match

  • 20th September 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Billie JEan King, Bobby Riggs, Culture, Equality, Houston, Sport, Tennis, United States, USA, Women

Female tennis player Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs, a former World No. 1 men’s player, in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’.

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13th August 1918: Opha May Johnson becomes the first woman to enlist in the US Marine Corps

  • 13th August 2020
  • Tagged as: America, First World War, Marines, Military, United States, Women

Johnson was 40 years old when she enlisted, and her extensive clerical and stenographical experience made her a perfect fit for the role.

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19th July 1848: The Seneca Falls Convention for women’s rights begins

  • 19th July 2020
  • Tagged as: New York, Politics, Vote, Women, Women's Suffrage

The first women’s rights convention in the United States began in Seneca Falls, New York.

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4th June 1913: Suffragette Emily Davison hit by a racehorse at Epsom Derby

  • 4th June 2020
  • Tagged as: George V, Horse Racing, Suffrage, Suffragettes, Women, Women's Suffrage, WSPU

On the 4th June 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was hit by King George V’s racehorse at the Epsom Derby after she stepped onto the track.

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