June 6, 1872 - Susan B. Anthony is arrested for leading a group of women to register & vote in Rochester, NY
June 8, 1949 - Ladies' Professional Golf Assn. (LPGA), oldest women's professional sports organization in the world
June 9, 1949 - Georgia Neese Clark 1st woman treasurer of the US
June 10, 1963 - Equal Pay Act enacted: "To prohibit discrimination on account of sex in payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or production of goods for commerce."
June 12, 1913 - Women celebrate passage of a state woman suffrage bill in Springfield, Illinois
June 14, 1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's birthday - author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
June 18, 1983 - Sally Ride, 1st American woman in space
June 20, 1921 - Alice Robertson 1st woman to chair the House of Representatives
June 23, 1940 - 1st women graduate from Harvard Medical School
June 24, 1903 - Mme Marie Curie announces discovery of radium
No comments:
Post a Comment