Today in Women�s History

    Women's History - July 23rd

1880 - Today, Emma Perry Carr was born in Holmesville, Ohio. She went on to become a chemist (physical organic). She became chair of the department of Mout Holyoke College and, during her tenure there, became the first recipient of the prestigious Garvan Medal. She became a worldwide leader in the study of ultraviolet spectra of organic molecules as means of investigating their electronic structures.


Source: http://www.csupomona.edu/~nova/scientists/articles/carr.html

    Women's History - July 25th

1978 - Louise Brown was born today. She was the world�s first �test-tube baby� (in vitro fertilization). It was an experimental procedure back then, and Louise was born healthy, has never developed any complications, and, in fact, has a younger sister also conceived by in vitro. Louise recently got married and is pregnant with her first child, which was naturally conceived.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/July/25/newsid%5F2499000/2499411.stm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Brown


Louise Brown shortly after birth


Louise Brown

    Women's History - July 27th

1841 - Linda Richards was born today in West Potsdam, New York (USA). She went on to become America�s first trained nurse. She subsequently helped established nursing training programs and schools throughout Philadelphia, Massachusetts and Michigan. She was inducted into the National Women�s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York.

Source: http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/richards.htm



Linda Richards

    Women's History - July 29th

Two marriages occurred today in women�s history:

1565: Today, Mary Queen of Scots married Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, her cousin. Said marriage was considered dangerous to her cousin, Elizabeth I of England.   The Roman Catholic rite offended the Protestant party in Scotland and England. (This woman had the most amazing short life...it's better than any soap opera I've ever seen! )

Source: http://englishhistory.net/tudor/relative/maryqosbiography.html



1981: Today, Lady Diana Spencer married Prince Charles (England) in London at St. Paul�s Cathedral. Said wedding was televised all over the world, with an estimated TV audience of about 750 million people.

    Women's History - July 31st

1833 - Today, Amelia Stone Quinton was born in Jamesville, New York. She went on to become an activist for Native American rights. Amelia, along with a friend, Mary Bonney (another activist for Native American rights) were both white women who were disturbed about pressure being put on the U.S. Congress to open Native American territory to white settlement. Amelia and Mary wrote a petition demanding the honoring of Native American treaties, and presented said Petition (with 13,000 signatures) to President Hayes and the House of Representatives. Amelia was both Secretary and organizer of an inter-denominational women�s committee which she helped create, wherein they began bringing awareness to everyone regarding the Native American rights issues. Subsequently, another petition, authored by Amelia, was presented, this time with 50,000 signatures, to the U.S. Senate by Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts, where demands, such as a New Native American policy of education, legal equality, farm sized parcels of land to individual Native Americans were addressed, ultimately providing Native Americans with allotment and citizenship.


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

    Women's History - August 2

1878: Princess Ingeborg of Sweden born today. She was the second daughter of King Frederick VIII and Queen Louise of Denmark.

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


Princess Ingeborg of Sweden

    Women's History - August 4th

1944 - Today, Anne Frank, a Dutch Jewish young girl was arrested by Nazis. While she and her family lived in hiding for two years in a secret attic apartment in Amsterdam, Anne wrote her detailed thoughts and emotions as an adolescent girl coming of age. I think everyone in the world knows the story of Anne Frank.

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



Anne Frank

    Women's History - August 6th

1926 - Today, at the age of 19, American swimmer, Gertrude Ederle, became the first woman to swim the English Channel from France to England (56 kilometers in 14 hours 39 minutes). Bravo!

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


Gertrude Ederle

Why does everyone keep posting pics up of ugly women? Haven't attractive women contributed anything to society, i.e. helping me get through puberty?

....and yet again, here's another beauty!

Women's History - August 8th

1950 - Today, another American swimmer, Florence Chadwick, swam the English Channel from France to England and broke the record previously held by Gertrude Ederle. Chadwick swam the 56 kilometers in only 13 hours and 20 minutes. Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Channel from England to France in 1951 (16:22).
                              
Source: http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/search/search.php?word=CHADWICK%2C%20FLORENCE%20MAY&enc=9364


Florence Chadwick (center)