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May 19, 1930 – Birthday of Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry was a celebrated Black playwright who was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in New York City at the age of thirty-four from pancreatic cancer. Her most famous work, A Raisin in the Sun, was partially inspired by … Continue reading
Who Was the First Woman to Run for President – Belva Lockwood or Victoria Woodhull?
It is popularly believed that Belva Lockwood was the first woman to run for president. But was she really, or was she just the first acceptable woman to run? The contender in question for the title of “first” is Victoria … Continue reading
March 3, 1879 – Belva Lockwood Becomes the First Woman Admitted to Practice Before the Supreme Court
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood, born in 1830 in New York, was an accomplished early feminist who was not only the first woman to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court but also the first woman to run for U.S. President. At … Continue reading
January 22, 1973 – The Supreme Court Decided Roe v. Wade
On January 22, 1973, Roe v. Wade (410 U.S. 113) was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. A pregnant single woman (Roe) brought a class action challenging the constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws, which proscribed abortions except on … Continue reading
January 9, 1859 – Carrie Chapman Catt is Born in Ripon, Wisconsin
Carrie Chapman Catt is one of the formerly famous people that few today know anything about. It was Catt who, as one of her biographers, Jacqueline Van Voris, wrote, “led an army of voteless women in 1919 to pressure Congress … Continue reading
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