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Sometimes Jewish, sometimes feminist, sometimes both.
May 7- May 13
Birthdays
May 11
- In 1894, Martha Graham, choreographer (Appalachian Spring).
- In 1923, Joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/director
(Army Nursing Services).
May 12
- In 1907, Katherine Hepburn, actress (African Queen, Adam's
Rib, On Golden Pond -- and lots more).
Deaths
May 11
- In 1983, Zenna Henderson author (The People series, Anything
Box), died at 65.
- In 1992, Elizabeth McDonald, inventor (Spic & Span), died
at 98.
May 13
- In 1916, Sholem Aleichem, Yiddish writer, died.
- In 1930, Helena Lange, German feminist, died.
Happenings
May 7
- In 1914, the US Congress established Mother's Day.
- In 1928, England lowered the age at which women can vote from
30 to 21.
May 9
- In 1971, Elizabeth Bonner ran the female world record marathon
(3:01:42).
May 10
- In 1267, Vienna's church ordered all Jews to wear a distinctive
garb.
- In 1872, Victoria Woodhull became the first woman nominated
for US president.
- In 1922, Dr. Ivy Williams was the first woman to be called
to the English Bar.
May 11
- In 1921, Tel Aviv was the first all-Jewish municipality.
- In 1949, by a vote of 37-12, Israel became the 59th member
of the United Nations.
- In 1978, Margaret A. Brewer was the first female general in
the US Marine Corps.
May 12
- In 1949, the first foreign woman ambassador was received in
the US (S V L Pandit, India).
- In 1978, the Commerce Department announced that hurricane names
will no longer be exclusively female.
- In 1985, Amy Eilberg was ordained at New York's Jewish Theological
Seminary as the first woman Conservative rabbi.
May 13
- In 1665, a statute was enacted in Rhode Island offering freemanship
with no specifically Christian requirements, effectively enfranchising
Jews.
- In 1888, Princess Isabel of Brazil signed "Lei Auréa,"
abolishing slavery.
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