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Sometimes Jewish, sometimes feminist, sometimes both.
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October is
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Canadian Women's History Month
Banned Book Month
October 22 - October 28
Birthdays
October 22
- In 1844, Sarah Bernhardt, considered one of the greatest actors of
all time.
October 27
- In 1872, Emily Post, authority on social behavior, writer (Etiquette).
- In 1889, Enid Bagnold, novelist (1956 Award of Merit).
- In 1932, Sylvia Plath, American poet (Bell Jar).
October 28
- In 1903, Evelyn Waugh, author (Brideshead Revisited).
- In 1907, Edith Head, fashion designer (MGM).
Happenings
October 23
- In 1885, Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) formally opened, the first college
in the US to offer advanced degrees to women.
- In 1910, Blanche Scott became the first woman to solo a public airplane
flight.
- In 1915, 25,000 women marched in NYC, demanding the right to vote.
October 24
- In 1901, Anna Taylor was the first woman to go over Niagara Falls
in a barrel.
- In 1956, in Syracuse, New York, Margaret Ellen Towner became the first
woman ordained in the Presbyterian Church.
October 26
- In 1916, Margaret Sanger was arrested for obscenity (advocating birth
control).
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