Did You Know?
Did You Know?
That on Jan 3, 1949 - Margaret Chase Smith (R-Maine)
started her tenure in the Senate, where she remained until 1973.She was the first woman to serve in both the House and Senate as she previously served in the House (R-Maine, 1940-1949)?
That on Jan 5, 1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as the first woman governor in U.S. history (governor of Wyoming)?
That on Jan 7, 1896 - Fanny Farmer’s first cookbook was published in which she standardized cooking measurements?
That on Jan 7, 1955 - Marian Anderson was the first African American woman to sing at the Metropolitan Opera?
That on Jan 8, 1977 - Pauli Murray, the first female African American Episcopal priest, was ordained?
That on Jan 11, 1935 - Amelia Earhart made the first solo flight from Hawaii to North America?
That on Jan 12, 1932 - Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D-Arkansas) was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate?
She was the first woman to chair a Senate Committee and the first to serve as the Senate’s presiding officer as well.
That on Jan 16: Martha Cotera, pioneering Chicana Feminist, author of two seminal texts Diosa y Hembra and Chicana Feminist was born?
She was the founding member of the Raza Unida Party in Texas, 1969 and one of the mothers of Chicana Feminism.
That on Jan 25, 1980 - Runner Mary Decker became the first woman to run a mile under 4 1/2 minutes, running it at 4:17.55?
That on Jan 29, 1926 - Violette Neatly Anderson was the first black woman to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court?
