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Sometimes Jewish, sometimes feminist, sometimes both.
August 6 - August 12
Birthdays
August 6
- In 1829, Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewski, doctor. Plus she developed lunchrooms
for the working poor women and aid for poor Jews.
- In 1881, Louella Oettinger Parsons, Hollywood gossip columnist.
- In 1886, Florence Laura Goodenough, psychologist who worked mainly
with children.
- In 1905, Clara Bow, actor. She was named the "'It' girl"
for her portrayal of the carefree flapper in early Hollywood films.
- In 1911 Lucille Ball, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy)
August 7
- In 1813, Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis, women's
rights advocate.
- In 1876, Mata Hari, spy during WWI.
- In 1890, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, social reformer and labor organizer.
She was the first woman to lead the American
Communist Party (1961).
- In 1938, Helen Caldicott, Australian physician, antinuclear,
and anti-war activist.
August 8
- In 1814, Esther Morris, activist and political figure.
She is known as the mother of women's suffrage in
Wyoming for being instrumental in the passage (1869)
of the territorial women's suffrage legislation.
- In 1884, Sara Teasdale, poet (Pulitzer Prize (1918) Love Songs)
- In 1891, Sally Butler, attorney and president of Business and Professional
Women.
- In 1896, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, writer (The Yearling).
August 9
- In 1762, Mary Randolph, US Southern cookbook author, she used specific
weights and measures, breaking from the
English tradition in cookbooks of only listing ingredients.
- In 1899, P.L. Travers, author (Mary Poppins).
August 10
- In 1917, Clara Peller, actor best known for the "Where's the
beef?" TV commercials.
August 11
- In 1873, May Wilson Preston, artist and illustrator. She became the
first woman member of the Society of Illustrators and founding member
of the National Association of Women Artists.
August 12
- In 1833, Lillie Devereux Blake, writer and suffrage
activist. She was a main contributor to Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Woman's
Bible.
- In 1867, Edith Hamilton, writer (Mythology).
- In 1876, Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton).
Happenings
August 6
- In 1774, the English religious leader Ann Lee (1736-1784) and some
followers arrived in America. Originally calling itself the United Society
of Believers in Christ's Second Coming, it came to be known as the "Shakers."
- In 1926, NY's Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English
Channel -- two hours faster than any man
had swum the channel to that time, in about 14.5 hours.
- In 1942, Queen Wilhemina of the Netherlands became
the first reigning queen to address a joint session of Congress.
- In 1948, Fanny Blankers-Koen was the first women to win three olympic
gold medals.
August 7
- In 1620, Kepler's mother was arrested for witchcraft.
- In 1888, the first body of the seven women murdered
by Jack the Ripper was discovered in London, England. The last body
declared to be his victim was found Nov. 10, 1888. They are still unsolved.
August 8
- In 1987, Lynne Cox became the first to swim from the US to Russia
across the Bering Strait.
August 9
- In 1956, South African women demonstrated against pass laws.
- In 1977, the Air Force released a news item saying that
for the first [sic] time women would fly military planes. This ignores
the thousands of women who flew military
planes during World War II as members of the WASPs.
August 10
- In 1995, Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second
woman to sit on the US Supreme Court.
August 11
- In 1943, a few Women of the Air Service Pilots
(WASPs) were assigned to fly tiny planes - PQ-8's - from the factory
to March Field - across country.
August 12
- In 1953, Ann Davidson became the first woman to sail solo across the
Atlantic when she arrived in Miami.
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