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Sometimes Jewish, sometimes feminist, sometimes both.
May 14 - May 20
Birthdays
May 16
- In 1804, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (founded
the first US kindergarten).
May 18
- In 1919, Dame Margot Fonteyn, ballerina (Giselle/partnered
with Nureyev).
May 20
- In 1841, Sara Louisa Oberholtz, social reformer and anti-smoking
advocate.
Deaths
May 14
- In 1940, Emma Goldman, anarchists/feminist/author (Living My
Life).
May 15
- In 1886, Emily Dickinson, poet, died at age 55.
Happenings
May 14
- In 1853, Gail Borden patented her process for condensed milk.
- In 1921, Florence Allen was the first woman judge to sentence
a man to death.
- In 1942, the US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded.
- In 1948, PM David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the State of Israel.
The United States was the first world nation to recognize Israel.
- In 1973, the US Supreme court approved equal rights to women
in the military.
- In 1986, the Institute for War Documents published Anne Frank's
complete diary.
May 15
- In 1862, General Benjamin F. Butler issued "Woman's Order,"
that the women of New Orleans were to be treated as whores as a result
of their treatment of Union soldiers.
- In 1869, the National Woman Suffrage Association was formed.
- In 1930, Ellen Church became the first airline stewardess,
on United Airlines (San Fransisco to Cheyenne).
- In 1970, Elizabeth Hoisington and Anna Mae Mays were named
the first female US generals.
- In 1991, Edith Cresson became France's first female premier.
May 18
- In 1953, Jacqueline Cochrane was the first woman to break the
sound barrier.
May 19
- In 1930, White woman won voting rights in South Africa.
May 20
- In 1932, Amelia Earhart left Newfoundland to become the first
woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
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