Did You Know?
That on Nov 1, 1848 the first medical school for women, the New England Female Medical School, opened and in 1874 , merged with Boston University to become one of the world’s first coed medical schools?
That on Nov 8, 1910 the state of Washington passed a constitutional amendment to permit woman suffrage?
That on Nov 8, 1984 - Dr. Anna L. Fisher, a physician, launched into space as the first American mother and third American woman to fly into space on the shuttle Discovery?
That on Nov 11, 1979 - Bethune Museum and Archives opened in Washington D.C. as a center for African-American women’s history, honoring Mary McLeod Bethune?
That on Nov 11, 1993 - The Vietnam Women’s Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. and was conceived by former army combat nurse Diane Carlson Evans and sculpted by Glenna Goodacre? The memorial honors the 265,000 women who voluntarily served during the Vietnam era.
That on Nov 13, 1938 - Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini was beatified?
She was the first American woman citizen to become a saint.
That on Nov 14, 1889 - Journalist Elizabeth Cochran, aka Nellie Bly, sailed around the world in 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes, and 14 seconds, beating the fictional record set by Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days?
That on Nov 14, 1903 - The U.S. Women’s Trade Union League was established?
That on Nov 14, 1946 - Emily Greene Balch, co-founder of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize ?
That on Nov 28, 1881 - The first organizational meeting was held for the predecessor group to the American Association of University Women (AAUW) ?
