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Sometimes Jewish, sometimes feminist, sometimes both.
June 18- June 24
Birthdays
June 18
- In 1900, Laura Z. Hobson, author.
- In 1913, Sylvia Porter, financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book).
- In 1983, Dr. Sally Ride, first US woman astronaut in space (mission
specialist aboard space shuttle Challenger).
June 19
- In 1856, Elisabeth Marbury, US theatrical and literary agent.
- In 1940, Shirley Muldowney, drag racer.
June 20
- In 1905, Lillian Hellman, US playwright and
author. She defied the Joseph McCarthy's un-American hearings by saying:
"I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions."
(Toys in the Attic, Little Foxes).
June 21
- In 1953, Benazir Bhutto, first female leader of a Moslem nation (Pakistan).
June 22
- In 1906, Anne Morrow Lindberg, US author and aviator (Gift from the
Sea).
- In 1910, Katherine Dunham, Afro-American dancer.
- In 1940, Wilma Rudolph, Afro-American runner, nicknamed the "Black
Gazelle" for her graceful running style.
Happenings
June 19
- In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, returned
to Earth.
June 20
- In 1895, Caroline Willard Baldwin was the first female to be awarded
a doctor of science.
June 21
- In 1997, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) began
its inaugural season.
June 22
- In 1914, Drs. Alice Gertrude Bryant and Florence
West Duckering became the first women admitted to the American College
of Surgeons.
June 23
- In 1949, the first 12 women graduated from Harvard Medical School.
- In 1972, President Richard Nixon signed into law Title
IX of the Higher Education Act, banning sex bias in athletics and other
activities at all educational institutions receiving federal assistance.
- In 1973, Margaret A Haywood was elected the first
woman to head the United Church of Christ (thereby also becoming the
first black woman to lead a major US denomination).
June 24
- In 1952, President Harry Truman signed the bill that
allowed women to be commissioned officers in the Army, Navy and Air
Force within various medical specialists (e.g. doctors, dentists and
veterinarians).
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