Today in Women�s History

Women's History - March 13th

963 - Today, Anna (a Byzantine princess) was born. She was the daughter of the Byzantine Empress, Theophano and Byzantine Emperor Romanus II. She married Vladimir I (known as �The Great�) of Kiev. Said marriage is credited for Vladimir�s conversion to Christianity, and, thus, the Christianization of Russia.

Source: http://www.uoregon.edu/~kimball/Xtxion.Olga.Anna.htm

Women's History - March 15th

1930 - Today, Wilma Vaught (a/k/a Brigadier General Wilma Vaught, USAF (Ret.) was born in Pontiac, Michigan (USA). She went on to become one of the most highly decorated military women in the history of the United States. She had a 29-year military career and she broke through many of the bureaucratic and gender barriers facing women in the armed forces during that time.

Source: http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7463

Women's History - March 17th

1846 - Today, Kate Greenaway was born in London, England (UK). She went on to become a famous children�s book illustrator and writer. Here�s some of her works:





AAHHHHH How beautiful!!!!!


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Greenaway

Women's History - March 19th

1997 - Today, after the unexpected resignation of Premier David Saul, Pamela Gordon was elected the first female prime minister of Bermuda, serving from 1997-1998 and represented the United Bermuda Party.

Source: http://bermuda.election.bm/1998/pf_Gordon.htm

Women's History - March 21st

1943 - Today, Cornelia Ford, a military pilot flying a military aircraft for the U.S., was killed in a mid-air collision when another plane on the same air ferry mission clipped her plane�s wing and crashed into her plane. Tragically, she became the first American woman to die on active military duty.

Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/peopleevents/pandeAMEX07.html

Women's History - March 23rd

1882 - Today, Emmy Noether (nee Amelie Emmy Noether) was born in Germany. She went on to become a mathematician who pursued important mathematical work that confirmed key parts of the general theory of relativity. She was responsible for connecting symmetry with physical laws. The isomorphism theorems were originally formulated by Emmy Noether.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Noether

Women's History - March 25th

1934 - Today, Gloria Steinem was born in Toledo, Ohio (USA). She is our modern day feminist, journalist, and a key figure in the women�s movement from 1969. She is the founder of Ms. magazine (1972) and the leading and favorite spokesperson for feminism. She was an outspoken advocate for the Equal Rights Amendment and helped found the National Women�s Political Caucus.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Steinem



Edited by morticia - 26-Mar-2007 at 14:32

Women's History - March 27th

1945 - Today, Anna Mae Pictou Aquash was born in a village near Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, Canada. She went on to become a Mi�kmaq activist and the most active and prominent female member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the 70s. She was found murdered and some say that her being so outspoken is what ultimately killed her. Here is a small quote from this woman, whom I greatly admire for being so outspoken (at a time when most women were not -especially indigenous women) :

"These white people think this country belongs to them - they don't realize that they are only in charge right now because there's more of them than there are of us. The whole country changed with only a handful of raggedly-ass pilgrims that came over here in the 1500s. And it can take a handful of raggedy-ass Indians to do the same, and I intend to be one of those raggedy-ass Indians." ...Anna Mae Pictou


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Mae_Aquash
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/pictou_aquash

Women's History - March 29th

1840 - Today, Isabella Thoburn was born in Belmont County, Ohio (USA). She went on to become the first woman Methodist Episcopal Church missionary to India. She was a schoolteacher and was also a nurse in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1869, as a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, she was selected to be a missionary to India. She established a high school for the women of India.

Source: http://chi.gospelcom.net/DAILYF/2002/01/daily-01-07-2002.shtml
     

Women's History - March 31st

1889 - Today, Muriel Hazel Wright was born in Lehigh, Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma (USA). She went on to become a historian and a writer. She helped organize the Choctaw Advisory Council (1934) and was an activist for just compensation for Native Americans in Oklahoma. She received many honors and awards including: Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame of Famous American Indians, Oklahoma Historical Society Historian�s Hall of Fame, Honorary Doctorate from Oklahoma City University and the University of Oklahoma Distinguished Service Citation.

Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Hazel_Wright
http://www.rootsweb.com/~okatoka/obits/wright-muriel.htm