JANUARY BIRTHDATE CALENDAR 1 NANCY LOPEZ-1952-PROFESSIONAL GOLFER TERRY MOORE-1932-ACTRESS ROCHELLE S. ABRAMSON-1953-VIOLINIST 2 MARIANNE McDONALD-1937-CLASSICIST, PHILANTHROPIST (LIVING LEGACY AWARD 1986, 11TH WOMAN AWARD. INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT, WOMEN'S INT'L CENTER. RENATA TEBALDI-1922-OPERA SINGER MARTHA CAREY THOMAS,(1857-1935) EDUCATOR,CHAMPIONED EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN, HELPEDFOUND, FIRST DEAN, THEN PRESIDENT BRYN MAWR COLLEGE; SUFFRAGIST. 3 DOROTHY ARNZER (1900-?) FILM DIRECTOR, EMPHASIZING STRONG ROLES FOR WOMEN LUCRETIA MOTT (1793-1880) LEADER IN ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT; ADVOCATE OF EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN MAXINE ANDREWS-1918-SINGER (ANDREW SISTERS) ZAZU PITTS (1898-1963) COMEDIC ACTRESS 4 JANE WYMAN-1914-ACTRESS, WORKER WITH ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION GRACE BUMBRY-1937-OPERA SINGER BARBARA RUSH-1930-ACTRESS DYAN CANNON-1937-ACTRESS 5 PAMELA SUE MARTIN-1954-ACTRESS 6 LORETTA YOUNG-1913-ACTRESS LEAH CHASE-1923-MASTER CHEF, IN THE CREOLE TRADITION BARBARA LYNN ALEXANDER-1942-AWARD WINNING FILM PRODUCER 7 SAINT BERNADETTE (MARIE-BERNARDE SOUBIROUS), 1844-1879-RELIGIOUS VISIONARY 8 EMILY GREEN BALCH (1867-1961)-ECONOMIST, SOCIAL SCIENTIST, PACIFIST. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, 1946. SHIRLEY BASSEY-1937-SINGER YVETTE MIMIEUX-1939-ACTRESS 9 JOAN BAEZ-1941-FOLK SINGER, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SIMONE de BEAUVOIR (1902-1987) NOVELIST, EASAYIST, FEMINIST CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT (1859-1947) WOMEN'S RIGHTS LEADER GRACIE FIELDS (1898-1979) FAMED MUSIC HALL PERFORMER-ENGLAND/US SUSANNAH YORK (1941-1991) ACTRESS CRYSTAL GAYLE-1951-COUNTRY/WESTERN SINGER 10 GRACE MITCHELL-1909-EDUCATOR FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1988 DAME BARBARA HEPWORTH (1903-1975) ABSTRACT SCULPTOR, NAMED DAME OF BRITISH EMPIRE, 1965. GISELE McKENZIE-1927-SINGER PAT BENATAR-1953-SINGER 11 EVA LA GALLIENNE (1899-1992) ACTRESS TRACY CALKINS-1963-CHAMPION SWIMMER ALICE PAUL (1885-1977) FOUNDER WORLD WOMAN'S PARTY; NATIONAL WOMAN'S PARTY; WORKED TIRELESSLY TO KEEP ERA ALIVE 12 PATSY KELLY (1910-?) COMEDIC ACTRESS MARILYN R. SMITH-1950-MICROBIOLOGIST LUISE RAINER-1909-ACTRESS 13 BELLA LEWITSKY-1916-CHOREOGRAPHER SOPHIE TUCKER (1884-1966) SINGER, VAUDEVILLE STAR. "LAST OF THE RED HOT MAMAS" GWEN VERDON-1925-DANCER, ACTRESS 14 FAYE DUNAWAY-1941-ACTRESS CATERINA VALENTI-1931-SINGER SYDNEY BIDDLE BARROW-1952-MAYFLOWER MADAM 15 MARGARET O'BRIEN-1937-ACTRESS MARIA SCHELL-1926-ACTRESS CHARO-1951-ENTERTAINER, SINGER SONYA KURTOVSKY KOVALEVSKY (1850-1891), MATHEMETICIAN, FIRST WOMAN TO BE ADMITTED TO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, RUSSIA 16 MARILYN HORNE-1934-OPERA SINGER KATY JUARDO-1924-ACTRESS 17 BETTY WHITE-1924-ACTRESS, COMEDIENNE, ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1988. WIC- EXEC. ADVISORY COUNCIL. ALVA VANDERBILT BEAUMONT (1853-1933) WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVOCATE AND ACTIVIST JEWEL PLUMMER COBB-1924-EDUCATOR. PRESIDENT, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV. AT FULLERTON. SHARI LEWIS-1934-SINGER, TV AND CLUB ENTERTAINER MORA SHEARER-1926-DANCER, ACTRESS ANNE BRONTE (1820-1849) NOVELIST, POET 18 CONSTANCE MOORE-1922-ACTRESS 19 OVETA CULP HOBBY-1905-GOV'T OFFICIAL, NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER, EDITOR AND CEO, HOUSTON POST, FIRST DIRECTOR WACS; FIRST SECRETARY OF HEW. DOLLY PARTON-1946-SINGER, SONGWRITER, ACTRESS JEAN STAPLETON-1923-ACTRESS JANIS JOPLIN (1943-1970) ROCK SINGER SHELLEY FABARES-1942-ACTRESS 20 PATRICIA NEAL-1926-ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN-PN REHABILITATION CLINICS FOR STROKE ACCIDENT PATIENTS. WIC NATIONAL CHAIRWOMAN, PN COURAGE AWARD NAME-SAKE, RECEIVED LLA IN 1986. EVA JESSYE-1895-ACTRESS, CHORAL DIRECTOR JEAN STAPLETON-1923-ACTRESS 21 MAUREEN STAPLETON-1925-ACTRESS GEENA DAVIS-1957-ACTRESS 22 ANN SOTHERN-1909-ACTRESS ROSA PONSELLE (1897-?) OPERA DIVA MARGARET WHITING (1924) BIG BAND SINGER LINDA BLAIR-1959-ACTRESS 23 CHITA RIVERA-1933-ACTRESS/DANCER JEANNE MOREAU-1928-ACTRESS 24 MARIA TALLCHIEF-1925-DANCER, ACTRESS VICKI BAUM (188-1960)-NOVELIST [GRAND HOTEL] EDITH WHARTON (1862-1937) NOVELIST 25 VIRGINIA WOOLFE (1882-1941) NOVELIST, PLAYWRIGHT, SCREENWRITER, FEMINIST MILDRED DUNNOCK-1904-ACTRESS CORAZON AQUINO-1933-PRESIDENT OF PHILIPPINES, SINCE 1986, LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1991 26 MARY ELIZABETH DODGE [Nee MAPES] (1831-1905) EDITOR AND AUTHOR ANGELA YVONNE DAVIS-1944-MILITANT, ACTIVIST, EDUCATOR EARTHA KITT-1928-SINGER SHERIAN GRACE CADORIA-1943-BRIGADIER GENERAL, U.S. ARMY. HIGHEST RANKING BLACK WOMAN IN ARMED SERVICES. ANNE JEFFEREYS-1923-ACTRESS 27 INGRID THULIN-1929-ACTRESS 28 SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE [PSEUD. WILLY] (1873-1954),NOVELIST. FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF GONCOURT ACADEMY. OFFICER OF FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR. 29 OPRAH WINFREY-1954-ACTRESS, TELEVISION PERSONALITY-HOSTESS, HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE ANN JILLIAN-1951-ACTRESS, ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH KATHERINE ROSS-1943-ACTRESS 30 ELEANOR SMEAL-1939-FEMINIST, FORMER PRESIDENT OF NOW VANESSA REDGRAVE-1937-ACTRESS TAMMY GRIMES-1936-ACTRESS, SINGER VICTORIA PRINCIPAL-1946-ACTRESS DOROTHY MALONE-1925-ACTRESS 31 CAROL CHANNING-1923-ACTRESS,SINGER,ENTERTAINER QUEEN BEATRIX OF THE NETHERLANDS-1938-RULING MONARCH JEAN SIMMONS-1929-ACTRESS TALLULAH BANKHEAD (1903-1968) ACTRESS, VITAMIN HEALTH ADVOCATE SUZANNE PLECHETTE-1937-ACTRESS JOANNE DRU-1937-ACTRESS FEBRUARY BIRTHDATE CALENDAR 1 HATTIE WYATT CARAWAY (1878-1950)-POLITICIAN, TEACHER:FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO U.S. SENATE, TWICE RE-ELECTED HILDEGARDE-1906-SINGER, PERSONALITY 2 NELL GWYN [ELEANOR GWUN] (1650-1687) ACTRESS. LEADING COMEDIENNE OF THE KING'S COMPANY. MISTRESS OF CHARLES II. BETTY FIELD (1918-72) ACTRESS ELAINE STRICH-1925-ACTRESS FARAH FAWCETT-1947-ACTRESS 3 ELIZABETH BLACKWELL (1821-1910)-PHYSICIAN-FIRST WOMAN TO GAIN M.D. IN U.S., FOUNDED LONDON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FOR WOMEN, 1875. SIMONE WEIL (1909-1943) PHILOSOPHER, HUMANITARIAN, WRITER EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY (1982-1950), POET GERTRUDE STEIN (1874-1946)-WRITER, POLITICAL AND LITERARY ACTIVIST, NOVELIST MORGAN FAIRCHILD-1950-ACTRESS BLYTHE DANNER-1943-ACTRESS 4 ROSA PARKS-1913-CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, BROKE THE BUSING LAW FOR BLACKS IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, WHICH SIGNALED THE BLACK RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN US. IDA LUPINO-1918-ACTRESS CONSTANCE GORE-BOOTH MARKIEWICY (1868-1927)-IRISH PATRIOT AND PLAYWRIGHT. FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO BRITISH PARLIAMENT 5 MARY JOAN NIELUBOWICZ,1929,RET. REAR ADMIRAL, NURSE JANE BRYANT QUINN-1939-NEWSPAPER AND TELEVISION REPORTER 6 NATALIE COLE-1950-SINGER MAMIE VAN DOREN-1933-ACTRESS 7 LAURA INGELS WILDER (1861-1957)-WRITER, "LITTLE HOUSE" SERIES 8 MARJORIE LAWRENCE (1907-1979) OPERA SINGER. POLIO CUTAILED HER CAREER. LANA TURNER-1920-ACTRESS KATE O'FLAHERTY CHOPIN (1851-1904) NOVELIST, EARLY WRITER DEALING WITH FEMALE SEXUALITY. CONTROVERSIAL. DAME EDITH EVANS (1888-1976) SHAKESPEAREAN ACTRESS. MADE DAME OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, 1946 AUDREY MEADOWS-1924-ACTRESS 9 KATHERINE GRAYSON-1923-ACTRESS, SINGER CAROL KING-1942-SINGER, SONGWRITER JANET ISSACA ASHFORD-1949-WRITER, SPECIALIZING IM CHILDBIRTH ALTERNATIVES MRS. PATRICK CAMPBELL (BEATRICE STELLA TANNER) (1865-1940) ACTRESS. CREATED THE ROLE OF ELIZA DOOLITTLE IN PYGMALION ALICE WALKER-1944-WRITER-"THE COLOR PURPLE", PULITZER PRIZE MIA FARROW-1945-ACTRESS 10 DAME JUDITH ANDERSON (1898-1993) STAGE AND FILM ACTRESS. LIVING LEGACY AWARD HONOREE-1986. AME OF BRITISH EMPIRE. LEONTYNE PRICE-1927-OPERA SINGER 11 MARY QUANT-1934-FASHION DESIGNER KIM STANLEY-1925-ACTRESS BERNICE LEVIN NEUGARTEN-1916-SOCIAL SCIENTIST, GERONTOLOGIST VIRGINIA JOHNSON-MASTERS-1925-PSYCHOLOGIST, SEX SPECIALIST, WRITER 12 JUDY BLUME-1938-WRITER, PRE-TEEN BOOKS JACKIE TORRENCE-1944-STORY TELLER, ARTIST MAUD ADAMS-1945-ACTRESS 13 PAULINE FREDERICK (1908-1989) JOURNALIST, CORRESPONDENT, BROADCASTER. VOICE OF UNITED NATION-NBC TV FOR 21 YEARS. LLA, 1987. EILEEN FARRELL-1920-OPERA SINGER PATTY BERG-1918-PROFESSIONAL GOLFER STOCKARD CHANNING-1944-ACTRESS CAROL LYNLEY-1942-ACTRESS 14 FLORENCE HENDERSON-1934-SINGER, ACTRESS MICKEY WRIGHT-1935-AWARD WINNING GOLFER MARGARET KNIGHT (1838-1914)-INVENTOR, "THE FEMALE THOMAS EDISON" BETTY FRIEDAN-1921-FEMINIST, ACTIVIST, WRITER 15 SUSAN B. ANTHONY (1820-1906)-SOCIAL REFORMER, CRUSADER FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS SUSAN BROWNMILLER-1935-FEMINIST AUTHOR CLAIRE BLOOM-1931-ACTRESS MELISSA MANCHESTER-1951-SINGER, SONGWRITER JANE SEYMOUR-1951-ACTRESS 16 KATHERINE CORNELL (1898-1974) STAGE AND FILM ACTRESS PATTY ANDREWS-1920-SINGER (ANDREWS SISTERS) 17 MARY ANN MOBLEY-1939-HUMANITARIAN, TELEVISION PERSONALITY, FRM. MISS AMERICA RECEIVED. INT'L HUMANITARIAN AWARD, ALONG WITH HUSBAND, GARY COLLINS, LIVING LEGACY AWARDS, 1987. MARGARET TRUMAN DANIELS, 1924, AUTHOR, DAUGHTER OF FORMER US PRESIDENT MARY FRANCES BERRY-1938-U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, EDUCATOR. HEADED U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 18 HELEN GURLEY BROWN-1922-AUTHOR, EDITOR-COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE KIM NOVACK-1935-ACTRESS YOKO ONO-1933-CONCEPTUAL ARTIST, SINGER, RECORDING ARTIST CYBILL SHEPHERD-1950-ACTRESS TONI MORRISON-1931-NOVELIST. PULITZER PRIZE WINNER. 19 IONE MYLONAS SHEAR-1936-ARCHEOLOGIST FRANCES K. BAIRSTOW-1920-EDUCATOR, LABOR RELATIONS CONSULTANT JUSTINE BATEMAN-1966-ACTRESS MERLE OBERON (1911-1979) ACTRESS CARSON McCULLER (1917-1967)-NOVELIST 20 ANGELINA GRIMKE (1805-1979)-REFORMER, ABOLITIONIST, POLITICIAN, LAWYER KATHRYN KUHLMAN (c. 1907-DIED THIS DATE, 1976) RELIGIOYS LEADER, FAITH HEALER. FOUNDED ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO HELPING DRUG ADDICTS AND BLIND CHILDREN. AMANDA BLAKE-1931-ACTRESS GLORIA VANDERBILT-1922-ARTIST, FASHION DESIGNER SANDY DUNCAN-1946-ACTRESS JENNIFER O'NEILL-1947-ACTRESS 21 BARBARA JORDAN-1936-POLITICIAN, TEACHER-FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SERVE IN TEXAS LEGISLATURE IN 20TH CENTURY; U.S. REPRESENTATIVE (1972-78), KEYNOTE SPEAKER, 1976 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, POLITICAL EDUCATOR-UNIV. OF TEXAS-AUSTIN. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1985. ERMA BOMBECK-1928-HUMORIST, COLUMNIST EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY (1892-1950) POET, WRITER, FEMINIST RUE McCLANAHAN-1936-ACTRESS JILL EIKENBERRY-1947-ACTRESS NINA SIMONE-1933-SINGER, SONGWRITER, PIANIST TYNE DAILEY-1947-ACTRESS 22 AMY STRUM ALCOTT-1956-CHAMPION PROFESSIONAL GOLFER 23 EMMA HART WILLARD (1780-1870)-PIONEER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN, FOUNDED TROY FEMALE SEMINARY NADEZHDA KONSTANTINOVA KRUPSKAYA (1869-1939) RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY, EDUCATOR. SECRETARY OF BOLSHEVIL FACTION OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY. MARRIED TO LENIN. SALLIE L. BALIUNAS-1953-ASTROPHYSICIST 24 RENATA SCOTTO-1934-OPERA SINGER 25 MARY COYLE CHASE-1907-PLAYWRIGHT. PULITZER PRIZE, "HARVEY". ADELLE DAVIS (1904-74)-NUTRITIONIST, AUTHOR DAMEMYRA HESS (1890-1965) CONCERT PIANIST. NAMED DAME OF BRITISH EMPIRE, I941. 26 BREE WALKER-1953-NEWS AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER. WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD, LIVING LEGACY AWARDS, 1985. NAMESAKE-BREE WALKER CHALLENGE AWARD FOR WIC. BETTY HUTTON-1921-SINGER, DANCER, ACTRESS BERNADETTE PETERS-1948-ACTRESS MADELEINE CARROLL-1906-ACTRESS MARGARET LEIGHTON (1922-1976) ACTRESS 27 ELIZABETH TAYLOR-1932-ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN, AIDS RESEARCH ACTIVIST JOANNE WOODWARD-1930-ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN ALICE HAMILTON (1869-1970)-PHYSICIAN, WRITER, EDUCATOR. PROVIDED STIMULUS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION LAWS MARIAN ANDERSON-1902-FAMED OPERA SINGER CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT-1942-WRITER, JOURNALIST, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. WINNER OF EMMY AND PEABODY AWARDS. JOAN BENNETT-1910-ACTRESS MARY FRANN-1943-ACTRESS 28 MARY LYON (1797-1849)-EDUCATOR, FOUNDED MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE GERALDINE FARRAR (1882-1967) OPERA SINGER MARCH BIRTHDATE CALENDAR 1 DINAH SHORE (1931-1994) SINGER, WOMEN'S SPORTS SPONSOR MYRLIE EVERS-1933-POLITICIAN, AUTHOR, EDUCATOR. COMMISSIONER OF LOS ANGELES BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. LUSINE AMARA-1927-OPERA AND CONCERT SINGER 2 JENNIFER JONES-1919-ACTRESS, CIVIC WORKER BONITA GRANVILLE-1923-ACTRESS, PRODUCER-PERRY MASON SERIES KAREN ANNE CARPENTER (1950-?) SINGER LARAINE NEWMAN-1952-ACTRESS 3 BEATRICE WOOD-1893-POTTER, ARTIST, AUTHOR, ACTIVIST. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1989 JEAN HARLOW (1911-37)-SCREEN ACTRESS OF 30'S AND 40'S 4 MARCELLA GRADY JENNINGS-1920-RANCHER PAULA PRINTISS-1939-ACTRESS BARBARA McNAIR-1939-ACTRESS 5 LEONTINE T.G. KELLY-1920-1ST BLACK WOMAN BISHOP (METHODIST) MARY ROSE OAKAR-1940-CONGRESSWOMAN SAMANTA EGGAR-1939-ACTRESS 6 VALENTINA TERESHROVA-1937-FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE (RUSSIAN) SARAH CALDWELL-1924-SYMPHONY CONDUCTOR, OPERA PRODUCER LYN PERRIN-1952-WIC EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR 7 JUNE WAYNE-1918-ARTIST, LITHOGRAPHER, TEACHER. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1989. JANET GUTHRIE-1938-RACE CAR DRIVER. FIRST WOMAN TO RACE IN INDIANAPOLIS 500 JANET COLLINS-1917-BALLERINA 8 LYN REDGRAVE-1943-ACTRESS CLAIRE TREVOR-1909-ACTRESS CYD CHARISSE-1923-DANCER, ACTRESS PAMELA McEVOY-JOHNSTON-1937-PSYCHOTHERAPIST-BOARD MEMBER, WIC SUSAN CLARK-1940-ACTRESS ELSIE AGNES GIORGI-1911-PHYSICIAN, HUMANITARIAN 9 KEELY SMITH-1932-SINGER IRENE PAPAS-1926-ACTRESS 10 HARRIET TUBMAN (c. 1820-DIED THIS DATE, 1913) EMANCIPATOR, LED HUNDREDS TO SAFETY THROUGH UNDERGROUND RAILWAY, WHICH SHE ESTABLISHED PAMELA MASON-1922-ACTRESS, WRITER 11 ELENI GATZOYIANNIS (1907-1948) HEROINE WHO GAVE HER LIFE TO SEE THAT HER CHILDREN ESCAPED FROM FACISTS TO FREEDOM IN US. TRIBUTE TO MOTHERTHOOD, LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1989. NAMESAKE, "ELENI" AWARD. DOROTHY GISH (1898-1968) EARLY FILM ACTRESS TINA LOUISE-1934-ACTRESS 12 LIZA MINNELLI-1946-SINGER, ACTRESS, DANCER LUPE ANGUIANO-1929-MEXICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST BARBARA FELDON-1941-ACTRESS 13 JANET FLANNER (1892-1978) JOURNALIST. CORRESPONDENT FOR NEW YORKER FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS. ONE OF FEW WOMEN TO BE AWARDED FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR. CORINNE BOGGS-1916-POLITICIAN, POLITICAL ADMINISTRATOR FAYE GLENN ABDELLAN-1918-US GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, HEALTH SERVICES PATRICIA W. AMICONE-1938-EDUCATOR-MIDWIFFERY/FAMILY PLANNING 14 DIANE ARBUS (1923-71) PHOTOGRAPHER AND INNOVATOR RITA TUSHINGHAM-1940-ACTRESS 15 LADY ISABELLA GREGORY (1852-1932)-PLAYWRIGHT. MAJOR LITERARY FIGURE IN IRISH LITERATURE. CAROLINE HERSCHEL (1750-1848) ASTRONOMER, DISCOVERER 16 RUTH BADER GINSBERG-1933-FORMER JUDGE, ASSOC. JUSTICE, U.S. SUPREME COURT CONTESSA MARIE MADELEINE LA FAYETTE (1634-1693) NOVELIST PATRICIA NIXON (1912-1993) FORMER U.S. FIRST LADY BERTHA KNOX GILKEY-1949-WELFARE AND TENAMENT RIGHTS FOR URBAN WOMEN CHRISTA LUDWIG-1928-OPERA SINGER 17 MERCEDES McCAMBRIDGE-1918-ACTRESS LESLIE ANN DOWN-1954-ACTRESS 18 IRENE CARA-1958-ACTRESS UNITA BLACKWELL-1933-POLITICIAN. FIRST BLACK MAYOR IN MISSISSIPPI. 19 URSULA ANDRESS-1936-ACTRESS PHYLLIS NEWMAN-1935-ACTRESS GLEN CLOSE-1947-ACTRESS 20 KATHRYN FORBES (1902-1966)-SHORT STORY WRITER, "MAMA'S BANK ACCOUNT". 21 CHARLOTTE BRONTE (1816-1840) NOVELIST, POET 22 PHYLLIS McGINLEY (1905-1978) POET ELLEN GLASGOW (1874-1945)-NOVELIST 23 JOAN CRAWFORD-(1908-1977)-ACTRESS FANNIE FARMER (1857-1915)-COOKERY EXPERT LAURA THORNE-1956-CHEF,NAMED ONE OF 10 BEST AMERICAN CHEFS 24 DOROTHY IRENE HEIGHT-1922-SOCIOLOGIST. PRESIDENT, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN, AN ORGANIZATION OF 4 MILLION WOMEN ELISA FELIX [RACHEL]-(1821-1858)-TRAGEDIENNE 25 GLORIA STEINEM-1934-WRITER, EDITOR. CO-FOUNDER,MS MAGAZINE. LEADER AND INTERNATIONALSPOKESPERSON FOR MODERN WOMEN'S EQUALITY MOVEMENT. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1985. EDNA JO HUNTER-1923-EXPERT ON MILITARY FAMILIES AND PRISONERS OF WAR; FIRST WOMAN NAMED AS DISTINGUISHED MILITARY PSYCHOLOGIST OF AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN. SERVED ON FACULTY OF US MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1992. SIMONE SIGNORET (1921-1985) ACTRESS ARETHA FRANKLIN-1942-SINGER FLANNERY O'CONNOR-1925-1964) SHORT STORY WRITER 26 SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR-1930-FIRST WOMAN JUSTICE OF U.S. SUPREME COURT ERICA JONG-1942-NOVELIST DIANA ROSS-1944-SINGER VICKIE LAWRENCE-1949-ACTRESS, COMEDIENNE 27 SARAH VAUGHAN-1924-SINGER, PERFORMER ANNEMARIE PROBELL-1953-CHAMPION SKIER 28 REBA MC ENTIRE-1955-COUNTRY WESTERN SINGER 29 PEARL BAILEY (1918-1992) SINGER, ENTERTAINER, U.N.DELEGATE, HUMANITARIAN. LLA 1989. JULIA MONTGOMERY WALSH-1923-POLITICAL CONSULTANT, WRITER LISA J. ALLEN-1956-TELEVISION REPORTER, LAWYER EILEEN HECKART-1919-ACTRESS 30 LESLIE JOAN CORN-1949-THEATRE PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, WRITER 31 SHIRLEY JONES-1934-SINGER, ACTRESS JUDITH ROSSNER-1935-NOVELIST LIZ CLAIBORNE-1929-FASHION EXECUTIVE MARGE PIERCY-1936-WRITER RHEA PERLMAN-1948-ACTRESS NANCY KELLY-1928-ACTRESS APRIL BIRTHDATE CALENDAR 1 CLARA HALE (1905-1993) HUMANITARIAN, WORKING WITH ILL AND ABANDONED CHILDREN. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1986 SOPHONISBA BRECKENRIDGE (1866-1948) SCHOLAR, TEACHER, SOCIAL ACTIVIST ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE (c 1122-DIED THIS DATE 1204)-QUEEN CONSORT OF LOUIS VII OF FRANCE AND HENRY II OF ENGLAND. WENT ON SECOND CRUSADES, 1147-49. DEBBIE REYNOLDS-1932-ACTRESS, SINGER ALI McGRAW-1939-ACTRESS JANE POWELL-1928-SINGER, ACTRESS ALBERTA HUNTER (1895-1984) BLUES AND JAZZ SINGER/COMPOSER 2 ELEANOR MARGARET BURBRIDGE-1948-ASTRONOMER, EDUCATOR EMMYLOU HARRIS-1947-SINGER, ACTRESS 3 JANE GOODALL-1934-ANTHROPOLOGIST, CONSERVATIONIST. CHIMPANZEE STUDIES. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1985. DORIS DAY-1924-SINGER, ACTRESS JAN STERLING-1923-ACTRESS MARSHA MASON-1942-ACTRESS 4 DOROTHEA DIX (1808-1887)-SOCIAL REFORMER. PIONEER FOR HUMANE TREATMENT OF THE INSANE. ERNESTINE GILBRETH CAREY-1908-AUTHOR, "CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN". DAUGHTER OF TIME STUDY EXPERT, LILLIAN GILBRETH. FRANCES LANGFORD-1913-SINGER, ACTRESS CLORIS LEACHMAN-1928-ACTRESS, COMEDIENNE 5 BETTE DAVIS (1908-1993) ACTRESS GALE STORM, 1922, ACTRESS 6 ELIZABETH BARRETT-BROWNING (1806-1861)-POET MARY MAPLES DUNN, 1949, COLLEGE PRESIDENT, SMITH COLLEGE JANICE IAN-1950-SINGER, SONGWRITER 7 YVONNE FEDDERSON, 1935, CO-FOUNDER, CHILDHELP USA, LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1989. IRENE CASTLE (1893-1969)-DANCER. LEADER IN ANTI-VIVISECTION MOVEMENT. BILLIE HOLLIDAY (1915-1959)-JAZZ AND BLUES SINGER GABRIELA MISTAL (1889-1957) POET. FIRST LATIN AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE, 1945. 8 ELIZABETH BARRETT-CONNOR-1935-EPIDEMIOLOGIST, EDUCATOR. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1984. BETTY FORD-1918-FORMER FIRST LADY (US). FOUNDER, BETTY FORD DRUG AND ALCOHOL REHABILITATION CENTER. SONJA HEINIE-(1912-1969)-FIGURE SKATER. WORLD AND OLYMPIC CHAMPION. ACTRESS. 9 MICHAEL LEARNED-1939-ACTRESS. WORKS FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN GIUDITTA PASTA (1798-1865) OPERA SINGER. KNOWN FOR HER LARGE VOCAL RANGE 10 CLARE BOOTHE LUCE (1905-1987)-POLITICIAN, JOURNALIST, PLAYWRIGHT, DIPLOMAT. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1985. FRANCES PERKINS (1880-1965)-EDUCATOR, SOCIAL WORKER. US SEC. OF LABOR, FIRST WOMAN TO HOLD A CABINET POSITION. DEDICATED TO GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS. JOHNNIE TILLMON-1926-CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. FOUNDING CHAIR, NATIONAL WELFARE RIGHTS ASSOCIATION 11 LOUISE LASSER-1939-ACTRESS 12 IMOGENE CUNNINGHAM (1883-1976)-PHOTOGRAPHER AND PAINTER ANN MILLER-1923-DANCER, ACTRESS JANE WITHERS-1927-CHILD FILM ACTRESS OF THE 30'S. TV PERSONALITY. 13 EUDORA WELTY-1909-WRITER, HISTORICAL WORKS ABOUT SOUTHERN FAMILIES. CATHERINE de MEDICIS (1519-1589) QUEEN CONSORT OF HENRY II OF FRANCE 14 LORETTA LYNN-1935-COUNTRY-WESTERN SINGER, SONGWRITER GLORIA DEAN RANDLE SCOTT-1938-EDUCATOR, PRESIDENT, BEAUMONT COLLEGE JULIE CHRISTIE-1941-ACTRESS CLARICE ELAINE GAYLORD, 1943, US DIRECTOR RESEARCH GRANTS, EPA. 15 ELIZABETH CATELETT-1919-SCULPTOR AND LITHOGRAPHER MARIAN JORDAN (1897-1961) ACTRESS. "MOLLY" OF "FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY" BESSIE SMITH (1894-1937)-BLUES SINGER. KNOWN AS "QUEEN OF THE BLUES" NORMA MERRICK SKLAREK-1928-FIRST BLACK WOMAN ARCHITECT IN NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY-1933-ACTRESS 16 MOTHER JOSEPH [ESTHER PARISEAU]-(1823-?) RELIGIOUS LEADER. LEAD GROUP OF MISSIONARIES TO NORTHWEST TERRITORY. NATIONAL STATUARY HALL, US CAPITOL. QUEEN MARGRETHA OF DENMARK-1940-RULING MONARCH EDIE ADAMS-1929-SINGER DUSTY SPRINGFIELD-1939-SINGER 17 OLIVIA HUSSEY-1951-ACTRESS ANN SHIRLEY-1918-ACTRESS 18 LUCREZIA BORGIA [DUCHESS OF FERRARA] (1480-1519) NOBLEWOMAN-ITALY BARBARA HALE-1922-ACTRESS HAYLEY MILLS-1946-ACTRESS 19 GERTRUDE VANDERBILT WHITNEY (1897-1942)-SCULPTOR, ART BENEFACTOR 20 MARY VAUGHN-?-CIVIC WORKER. NURSING HOME OWNER/ADMINISTRATOR. 11TH WOMAN AWARD, LLA, 1988 HARRIETT ELIZABETH BYRD-1926-POLITICIAN, WYOMING HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EDUCATOR NINA FOCH-1924-ACTRESS JESSICA LANGE-1949 21 ELIZABETH II-1926-QUEEN OF ENGLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND, SINCE 1952 ELAINE MAY-1932-ACTRESS 22 ISABELLA (1451-1504)-QUEEN OF CASTILE. PATRON TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. CHARLOTTE RAE-1926-ACTRESS 23 SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK-1928-ACTRESS, U.S. DIPLOMAT, TWICE SELECTED. BERNADETTE DEVLIN-1947-IRISH CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER VALERIE BERTINELLI-1960-ACTRESS SANDRA DEE-1942-ACTRESS 24 SHIRLEY MacLAINE-1934-ACTRESS, DANCER, AUTHOR, METAPHYSICIAN BARBRA STREISAND-1942-SINGER, ACTRESS, PEACE ACTIVIST ANGELA BURDETT-COUTTS (1814-1906) PHILANTHROPIST EXTRORDINAIRE JILL IRELAND (1936-1993) ACTRESS, WRITER, HEALTH ACTIVIST 25 ELLA FITZGERALD-1918-JAZZ SINGER MELISSA HAYDEN-1923-ACTRESS 26 CAROL BURNETT-1936-COMEDIENNE, ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN MARTHA FINLEY (1808-1909)-WRITER, CHILDREN'S BOOKS 27 CORETTA SCOTT KING-1927-CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, HUMANITARIAN. WIDOW OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SANDY DENNIS (1937-1992) ACTRESS SHEENA EASTON-1959-ACTRESS ANOUK AIMEE-1922-ACTRESS 28 ANN-MARGRET-1941-ACTRESS, DANCER, SINGER GHISLAINE HERMANEZ-1942-ARCHITECT BEVERLY F. ALBERT-1938-ARCHITECT 29 CELESTE HOLM-1919-ACTRESS BETSY ANCKER-JOHNSON-1927-PHYSICIST, AUTO COMPANY EXEC. KATE MULGREW-1955-ACTRESS 30 GLORIA McMILLAN-EDUCATOR, INVOLVED IN SPACE STUDY. TEACHER IN SPACE- CALIFORNIA. 11TH WOMAN, LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1989. EVE ARDEN-1912-ACTRESS, COMEDIENNE JILL CLAYBURGH-1944-ACTRESS MAY BIRTHDATE CALENDAR 1 PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS-1924-FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO REACH U.S. AMBASSADORIAL AND CABINET RANK. KATE SMITH (1909-1986) SINGER, ENTERTAINER, FAMOUS FOR "GOD BLESS AMERICA". LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1985. CALAMITY JANE [MARTHA JANE BURKE] (1852-1903)-FRONTIER ADVENTURESS, INDIAN FIGHTER MOTHER JONES [MARY HARRIS JONES] (1830-1930)-LABOR LEADER, HUMANITARIAN. ACTIVIST AGAINST CHILD LABOR. JUDY COLLINS-1934-FOLKSINGER, FILMMAKER 2 HELEN MORGAN (1900-1941) SINGER, ACTRESS. 3 GOLDA MEIR (1898-1978)-FOUNDING MOTHER AND PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL. TRIBUTE TO GREATNESS-LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1987. SEPTIMA POINSETTE CLARK (1898-1987) CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. EDUCATOR WHO DEVELOPED LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR BLACK TEACHERS. BETTY COMDEN-1919-LYRICIST, SINGER, AUTHOR MARINA SVETLOVA-1922-BALLERINA, CHOREOGRAPHER, BALLET RUSSE DE MONTE CARLO 4 AUDREY HEPBURN (1934-1993) ACTRESS, AMBASSADOR OF GOODWILL, UNICEF ROBERTA PETERS, 1930, OPERA SINGER 5 NELLIE BLY [ELIZABETH COCHRAN SEAMAN] (1869-1922)-JOURNALIST, TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD IN 72 DAY. TAMMY WYNETTE-1942-COUNTRY WESTERN SINGER MARY ASTOR, 1906, ACTRESS ALICE FAYE-1915-ACTRESS, SINGER 7 ANNE BAXTER (1923-87) ACTRESS SALLY L. SMITH-1929-EDUCATOR, FOUNDER, DIRECTOR, LAB SCHOOL OF WASHINGTON, HELPING CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES SUCCEED. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1990. 8 TONI TENNILLLE-1943-SINGER, SONGWRITER 9 CANDICE BERGEN-1946-ACTRESS GLENDA JACKSON-1936-ACTRESS 10 NANCY WALKER-1921-1991, COMEDIC ACTRESS ELLA T. GRASSO (1919-198?) POLITICIAN. GOVERNOR AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR CONNECTICUT. CHAIR-GOVERNORS' COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. 11 MARTHA GRAHAM (1894-1994) DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, EDUCATOR/VISIONARY 12 FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (1820-1910) PUBLIC HEALTH PIONEER, ESTABLISHED NURSING AS A PROFESSION. HEALER OF POOR AND WAR TORN EVERYWHERE. MARY KAY ASH-Year unavailable-COSMETICS COMPANY FOUNDER/PRESIDENT 13 CATHERINE II-THE GREAT-[SOPHIA AUGUSTA FREDERICKS] (1729-1796)-RUSSIAN EMPRESS DAPHNE DU MAURIER (1907-?) NOVELIST BEATRICE ARTHUR-1926-ACTRESS, COMEDIENNE, HUMANITARIAN BETSY FINLEY ASHTON-1944-BROADCAST JOURNALIST, AUTHOR, LECTURER 14 PATRICE MUNSEL-1925-OPERA SINGER, ACTRESS 15 BESSIE HILLMAN (1889-1970) LABOR LEADER. FOUNDER OF ALMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA (1914). ANNA MARIE ALBERGHETTI-1936-SINGER, ACTRESS 16 OLGA KORBUT-1955-CHAMPION GYMNAST LILY PONS (1904-1978) OPERA SINGER, ACTRESS DEBRA WINGER-1955-ACTRESS 17 BIRGIT NILSSON-1918-OPERA SINGER MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN-1911-ACTRESS 18 MARGOT FONTEYN-1919-BALLERINA 19 VISCOUNTESS NANCY WITCHER ASTOR (1879-1964)-WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVOCATE. FIRST WOMAN TO SIT IN BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS FLORENCE CHADWICK-1918-SWIMMER. FIRST PERSON TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL BOTH WAYS. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1984. LORRAINE HANSBERRY (1930-65)-PLAYWRIGHT. FIRST PLAY ON BROADWAY WRITTEN BY A BLACK WOMAN, "RAISIN IN THE SUN". 20 ANTOINETTE BROWN BLACKWELL (1825-1921)-CLERGYWOMAN. FIRST ORDAINED WOMAN MINISTER IN THE U.S. GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND-1939-PRIME MINISTER, NORWAY, FEMINIST/CONSERVATION ACTIVIST. INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP, LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1990. ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS (1894-1988) NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE, RADIO/TV JOURNALIST. AND TOUGH MINDED INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER. LIVING LEGACY AWARD (Posthumous), 1987. CHER-1946-SINGER, ACTRESS, FITNESS EXPERT. 21 PEGGY CASS-1924-ACTRESS, COMEDIAN. 22 MARY CASSAT (1844-1926)-PAINTER, PRINTMAKER, ARTISTIC INNOVATOR. JUDITH CRIST-1922-FILM AND TELEVISION CRITIC. 23 SARAH MARGARET FULLER (1810-1850)-JOURNALIST, WRITER, TEACHER. FIRST WOMAN FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST. MARGARET HAYDEN RECTOR-1916-PLAYWRIGHT, SCREENWRITER, BIOGRAPHER, AUTHOR.LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1995. ROSEMARY CLOONEY-1926-SINGER HELEN O'CONNELL-1920-SINGER, BIG BAND ERA 24 QUEEN VICTORIA (1819-1901)-QUEEN OF GREAT BRITIAN AND IRELAND, EMPRESS OF INDIA LILLIAN MOLLER GILBRETH, (1878-1972), ENGINEER AND INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGIST. PIONEER IN MOTION AND WORLD RESPECTED TIME STUDIES AND PSYCHOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT EXPERT. MAI ZETTERLING-1926-ACTRESS, DIRECTOR 25 BEVERLY SILLS-1929-OPERA DIVA, MANAGER, HUMANITARIAN. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1985. SALLY RIDE-1951-FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1985 JEANNE CRAIN-1942-ACTRESS LESLIE UGGAMS-1943-SINGER RACHEL CARSON (1907-1964)-ECOLOGIST, CONSERVATIONIST, WRITER-"SILENT SPRINGS" 26 PEGGY LEE-1920-LEGENDARY JAZZ AND POPULAR MUSIC SINGER, LYRICIST. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1988. DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965)-AMERICA'S FOREMOST DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER IN HER TIME. MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN (1759-1797)-WRITER, EARLY FEMINIST. MOTHER OF MARY SHELLEY 27 AMELIA BLOOMER (1818-1894)-SOCIAL REFORMER, WOMEN'S RIGHT'S ACTIVIST. WORE TROUSERS, THUS "BLOOMERS" CAME INTO USE. ISADORA DUNCAN (1878-1927)-DANCER, POPULARIZED MODERN DANCE LEE MERRIWEATHER-1935-ACTRESS 28 JULIA WARD HOWE (1819-1910) WRITER, SUFFRAGIST. WROTE "BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC". FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO NAT'L INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS. DIONNE QUINTUPLETS [ANNETTE, CECILE, EMILE, MARIE AND YVONNE] BORN 1934 FIRST KNOWN LIVING QUINTUPLETS, AT TIME OF THEIR BIRTH. BETTY SHABAZZ-1940-EDUCATOR, TALK SHOW HOSTESS. WIDOW OF MALCOLM X. GLADYS KNIGHT-1944-SINGER 29 BEATRICE LILLIE, (1894-?), DANCE HALL ENTERTAINER MELISSA ETHERIDGE-1961-PIONEER IN THE FIELD OF ROCK MUSIC 30 JOAN OF ARC (c. 1412-DIED THIS DATE, 1431) FRENCH NATIONAL HEROINE. KNOWN AS THE MAID OF ORLEANS. BEATIFIED, 1909. CANONIZED, 1920. 31 BROOKE SHIELDS-1965-POPULAR MODEL, ACTRESS EMILY PERKINS BISSELL (1861-1948)-WELFARE WORKER. HEADED FIRST CHRISTMAS SEAL DRIVE, 1907. SHARON GLESS-1943-ACTRESS, HUMAN RIGHT'S ACTIVIST JUNE BIRTHDATE CALENDAR 1 MARILYN MONROE (NORMA JEAN BAKER) (1926-1962) ACTRES, LEGEND. COLLEEN McCULLOUGH-1927-WRITER MOLLY PICON-1898-ACTRESS, COMEDIENNE 2 BETTY FURNESS (1916-1994) ACTRESS, JOURNALIST, CONSUMER ADVISOR, TV PERSONALITY HEDDA HOPPER (1890-1966), JOURNALIST, HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP COLUMNIST SALLY KELLERMAN-1937-ACTRESS 3 JOSEPHINE BAKER (1906-1945)-LEGENDARY DANCER, SINGER, ENTERTAINER COLLEEN DEWHURST-1926-1991-AWARD WINNING STAGE, FILM AND TELEVISION ACTRESS PAULETTE GODDARD-(1915-1990) ACTRESS 4 BLANCH KNOPF (1894-1966) PUBLISHING EXECUTIVE, KNOPF, INC. 5 KATHERINE HELMOND-1934-AWARD WINNING TELEVISION, STAGE AND FILM ACTRESS. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1990. 6 RUTH BENEDICT (1887-1948)-WORLD RENOWN ANTHROPOLIGIST NANETTE DaVALOIS (1898-?) BALLET DANCER/ DIRECTOR. FOUNDED SADLER'S WELLS BALLET SCHOOL. MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN-1939-IST BLACK WOMAN ADMITTED TO THE BAR IN MAINE 7 SALLY B. THORNTON-PHILANTROPIST, HUMANITARIAN, AUTHOR, BUSINESS EXECUTIVE. 11TH WOMAN LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1990. VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR FOR WOMEN'S INT'L CENTER, 1991. GWENDOLYN BROOKS-1917-POET. FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO WIN A PULTIZER PRIZR JESSICA TANDY (1909-1994) AWARD WINNING AND BELOVED STAGE, FILM, TV ACTRESS. AUTHOR. 8 ALEXIS SMITH (1921-1993) ACTRESS JOAN RIVERS-1933-COMEDIENNE, TALK SHOW HOSTESS, ENTERTAINER, AUTHOR BARBARA BUSH-1925- GREATLY ADMIRED FORMER U.S. FIRST LADY (1988-92). LITERACY LEADER. PARTICIPATING FRIEND TO WOMEN'S INT'L CTR. AND LIVING LEGACY AWARDS. 9 CATHERINE FILENE SHOUSE (1896-1994). PHILANTHROPIST, HUMANITARIAN, INNOVATOR AND BENEFACTOR, AUTHOR. FOUNDER, WOLF TRAP INSTITUTE FOR THR PERFORMIMG ARTS. NAT'L WOMEN'S RIGHTS COUNCILS, 1928-1988.LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1992. HELENA RUBINSTEIN (1892-1965) COSMETICS EXECUTIVE AND OWNER/FOUNDER 10 JUDY GARLAND (1922-1969)-SINGER, ACTRESS. "DOROTHY" IN "WIZARD OF OZ" JUNE HAVER-1926-ACTRESS 11 JEANETTE RANKIN (1880-1973) FIRST WOMAN CONGRESSWOMAN (1916), WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND ANTI-CHILD LABOR ACTIVIST, PACIFIST--ONLY PERSON TO VOTE AGAINST ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR II. HONORED IN HALL OF STATUARY, U.S. CAPITOL. RISE STEVENS-1913-OPERA SINGER, ACTRESS 12 ANNE FRANK (1929-1945)-WRITER, SYMBOL OF FREEDOM-"DIARY OF ANNE FRANK" 13 ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON-1937-US GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AND ADVISOR, FIRST WOMAN TO CHAIR E.E.O. ATTORNEY, SPEAKER, AUTHOR. CIVIL AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST. 14 HARRIETT BEECHER STOWE (1811-1896) EDUCATOR, ABOLITIONIST, WRITER-"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN", AMONG MANY OTHERS. MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE (1906-1971) PHOTOGRAPHER, INNOVATOR, CORRESPONDENT DOROTHY McGUIRE-1919-AWARD WINNING ACTRESS. 16 KATHERINE GRAHAM-1917-PUBLISHER, OPINION MAKER-OWNS WASHINGTON POST 17 PHYLLIS RASHAD-1948-ACTRESS, EQUAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. DOROTHY McGUIRE-ACCTRESS, LLA SCHOLARSHIP BENEFACTOR. ALTHEA T. L. SIMMONS-1924-HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST. CHIEF LOBBYIST, NAACP. 18 SYLVIA PORTER-1913-JOURNALIST, COLUMNIST, FINANCE EXPERT 19 ROSALYN YALOW-1921-FAMED AWARD WINNING MEDICAL PHYSICIST GENA ROLANDS-1934-ACTRESS KATHLEEN TURNER-1954-ACTRESS MILDRED NATWICK-1908-ACTRESS 20 LILLIAN HELLMAN (1905-1987) WRITER, PLAYWRIGHT, INNOVATOR. ANN MURRAY-1946-SINGER, SONGWRITER 21 JANE RUSSELL-1921-FILM ACTRESS. FOUNDER-WAIF, FOR THE ADOPTION OF DIFFICULT TO ADOPT CHILDREN. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1989. MARY McCARTHY-1912-NOVELIST, CRITIC MAUREEN STAPLETON-1925-ACTRESS 22 ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH-1906-AVIATOR, NAVIGATOR, AUTHOR-"GIFT FROM THE SEA", AND MANY OTHERS. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1985. DIANNE FEINSTEIN-1933-POLITICIAN, U.S. SENATOR, HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1989. KATHERINE DUNHAM-1909-DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, TEACHER, INNOVATOR. LINDSAY WAGNER-1949-ACTRESS MERYL STREEP-1949-ACTRESS 23 WILMA RUDOLPH (1940-1994) TRACK AND FIELD OLYMPIC CHAMPION WILLIE MAE "MOTHER" SMITH-1904-GOSPEL SINGER AND EVANGELIST. FOLK ARTIST. ANNA AKMATOVA (ANDREA ANDREYENVNA GORENKO) (1888-1966) POET. LEADER OF THE ALCHEMIST MOVEMENT JUNE CARTER CASH-1929-COUNTRY WESTERN SINGER, SONGWRITER 25 DOROTHY GILMAN-1923-MYSTERY WRITER CARLY SIMON-1945-SINGER, SONGWRITER MIRABEL MORGAN-1937-AUTHOR. "THE TOTAL WOMAN" JUNE LOCKHART-1925-ACTRESS 26 ANTONIA BRICE-1902-SYMPHONY CONDUCTOR, TEACHER ELEANOR PARKER-1922-ACTRESS MILDRED "BABE" DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS (1911-1956)-CHAMPION AND OLYMPIC ATHLETE. NAMED ATHLETE OF THE CENTURY. CO-FOUNDER, LADIES PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSN. 27 HELEN KELLER (1880-1968)-WRITER, LECTURER, CHAMPION FOR THE BLIND AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ACTIVIST FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND WORLD PEACE. GLOBAL SYMBOL OF PERSERVERANCE AND DETERMINATION TO OVERCOME ALL OBSTACLES. HARRIET HUBBARD AYERS (1849-1903)-BEAUTY CREAM MAUFACTURER AND EXPERT, COLUMNIST SALLY PRIESAND-1946-FIRST US WOMAN RABBI RUBY MIDDLETON FORSYTHE-1905-EDUCATOR. TEACHER FOR OVER 50 YEARS IN ONE ROOM SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN IN RURAL SOUTH CAROLINA 28 GILDA RADNER-(1946-1989)-COMEDIENNE, ACTRESS 29 NELLIE TAYLOR ROSS (1876-1977) POLITICIAN, GOV'T OFFICIAL. FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS A GOVERNOR OF A STATE (WYOMING 1925-27). FIRST WOMAN TO HOLD POSITION AS DIRECTOR OF US MINT (1933-35). 30 LENA HORNE-1917-SINGER, ACTRESS SUSAN HAYWARD (1918-1975)-ACTRESS DOROTHY MALONE-1925-ACTRESS JULY BIRTHDATE CALENDAR 1 MARY CALDERONE-1904-PHYSICIAN, RESEARCHER, FOUNDING MEMBER, PLANNED PARENTHOOD. ONE OF WORLD'S MOST RESPECTED PHYSICIANS. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1987. GEORGE SAND (1804-1876) NOVELIST, ESSAYIST TWYLA THARP-1941-DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, TEACHER LESLIE CARON, 1931, DANCER, ACTRESS OLIVIA DE HAVILAND, 1916, ACTRESS GENEVIEVE BUJOLD, 1942, ACTRESS JO SINCLAIR-1913-WRITER DEBORAH HARRY-1945-ACTRESS 2 IMELDA MARCOS-1931-POLITICIAN; SHOE COLLECTOR, FORMER FIRST LADY OF PHILIPPINES 3 CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860-1935) ECONOMIST, LECTURER, AUTHOR, FEMINIST LUCY KROLL (1909) LEGENDARY ENTERTAINMENT AGENT. LLA 1993/TRIBUTE TO HELEN HAYES 1994. GOOD FRIEND TO WIC/ADVISORY COUNCIL 4 ANN LANDERS-1918-ADVICE COLUMNIST ABIGALE VAN BUREN-1918-ADVICE COLUMNIST JOYCE BROTHERS-1949-PSYCHOLOGIST, AUTHOR, COLUMNIST VIRGINIA GRAHAM-1912-ACTRESS, TELEVISION PERSONALITY GINA LOLLABRIGIDA-1928-ACTRESS EVA MARIE SAINT-1924-ACTRESS 5 ANNA ARNOLD HEDGEMAN-1899-SOCIAL ACTIVIST, POLITICIAN. SERVED IN NEW YORK CITY CABINET 6 DELLA REESE-1932-SINGER NANCY REAGAN-1923-FORMER US FIRST LADY, "SAY NO TO DRUGS" ADVOCATE DOROTHY KIRSTEN-1919-1993 OPERA SINGER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE CURE ACTIVIST JANET LEIGH-1927-ACTRESS 7 ? GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA-1928-ACTRESS MARGARET WALKER ALEXANDER-1915-POET, NOVELIST. FAMED FOR HER POEM "FOR MY PEOPLE" WHICH IS THE CLARION CALL FOR MANY BLACK GROUPS. THEDA BARA (1890-1955), SILENT SCREEN ACTRESS 8 ELIZABETH KUBLER-ROSS-1926-AUTHOR, PHYSICIAN, EDUCATOR, LECTURER-KNOWN FOR HER WORK WITH DEATH AND DYING. LLA 1984 MARY JOHNSON LINCOLN (1844-1921) EDUCATOR, AUTHOR. DIRECTOR OF BOSTON COOKING SCHOOL. FAYE WATTLETON-1943-SOCIOLOGIST, EDUCATOR. PRESIDENT OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD FOR MANY YEARS. CYNTHIA GREGORY-1946-BALLERINA SHIRLEY ANN GRAU-1929-WRITER VIVIAN E. BENNETT-MUSEUM CURATOR-GUGGENHEIM MARIAN ACKERMAN-1938-WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVOCACY ADMINISTRATOR 9 BARBARA CARTLAND-1904-AUTHOR, ROMANCE NOVELIST 10 MARY McLEOD BETHUNE (1875-1955), EDUCATOR ADVOCATE, COLLEGE FOUNDER JEAN KERR-1923-WRITER 11 12 KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD (1895-1962), OPERA SINGER, FIRST DIRECTOR OF ROYAL NORWEGIAN OPERA (1958-60) BEAH RICHARDS-1926-ACTRESS, POET, PLAYWRIGHT CHERYL LADD-1951-ACTRESS, PRODUCER 13 SIMONE VEIL-1927-P.N. COURAGE AWARD 1987, POLITICIAN, PRES. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (FRANCE) LINDA ANN SIMON-1948-AIRLINE CAPTAIN TILLIE EHRLICH LEWIN (1901-?), LEADING INDUSTRIALIST, "TOMATO QUEEN" 14 MAUREEN O'CONNOR-1946-FORMER MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO POLLY BERGEN-1930-ACTRESS, BEAUTY EXECUTIVE EMMELINE G. PARKHURST (1858-1929), SUFFRAGIST AND STATESWOMAN; FOUNDED WOMEN'S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UNION 15 MOTHER CABRINI (SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER) (1850-1917), RELIGIOUS WORKER. FIRST U. S. CITIZEN TO BE CANONIZED (1946). LINDA RONSTADT-1946-SINGER, SONGWRITER DOROTHY FIELDS (1905-74), LYRICIST, COMPOSER MAGGIE MITCHELL WALKER (1867-1934), FIRST WOMAN BANK DIRECTOR, PHILANTHROPIST 16 GINGER ROGERS-1911-DANCER, ACTRESS BARBARA STANWYCK-1907-1989-ACTRESS MARGARET COURT-1942-TENNIS STAR MARY BAKER EDDY (1821-1910), RELIGIOUS LEADER. FOUNDER CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MOVEMENT. IDA WELLS-BARNETT (1862-1931), HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER, EDUCATOR. HELPED FOUND NAACP; FOUNDED NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE. FIRST NEGRO WOMAN SUFFRAGE ORGANIZATION. 17 PHYLLIS DILLER, 1917-COMEDIENNE, ACTRESS, ENTRPRENEUR. LLA, 1990. ELEANOR STEBER-1914-OPERA SINGER 18 TENLEY ALBRIGHT-1935-OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATER HUME CRONYN-ACTOR-1911 HARRIETT HILLIARD NELSON-1914-SINGER, ACTRESS 19 RACHEL ROBINSON-1922-SOCIAL ACTIVIST, HUMANITARIAN, PSYCHIATRIC NURSE. LIVING LEGACY AWARD-1988. WIDOW OF JACKIE ROBINSON. ROSALYN YALOW-1921-MEDICAL PHYSICIST VIKKI CARR-1942-SINGER 20 MARIE-MADELEINE FOURCADE (BORN 1910-DIED THIS DATE, 1989) LEADER, COMMANDER, FRENCH RESISTANCE, WWII. ONLY WOMAN HEAD OF ALLIANCE NETWORK. DIANA RIGG-1938-ACTRESS LOLA ALBRIGHT-1925-ACTRESS BARBARA MIKULSKI-1936-US SENATOR SALLY ANNE HOWES-1930-SINGER, ACTRESS 21 HENRIETTA MARIE MORSE KING (1832-1925) CATTLEWOMAN, RANCH OWNER. RANKING RANCH (TEXAS). BUILT RANCH TO SIZE DELAWARE BY 1925. KAYE STEVENS-1935-ACTRESS KAY STARR-1922-SINGER 22 ROSE KENNEDY-1890-MATRIARCH OF A POLITICAL AND SERVICE ORIENTED DYNASTY TRIBUTE TO MOTHERHOOD, 1990 LIVING LEGACY AWARDS EMMA LAZARUS (1849-1887) POET, ESSAYIST. BEST KNOWN FOR "THE NEW COLOSSUS", ENGRAVED ON THE PEDESTAL OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. SPOKESPERSON FOR JUDAISM. LICIA ALBANESE-1913-OPERA SINGER MARGARET WHITING-1924-SINGER, BIG BAND ERA 23 GLORIA DeHAVEN-1925-ACTRESS 24 BELLA ABZUG-1920-WRITER, FEMINIST RUTH BUZZI-1936-COMEDIENNE, ACTRESS LYNDA CARTER-1951-ACTRESS, "WONDERWOMAN" AMELIA EARHART-(1897-1937 ?) AVIATRIX, FIRST WOMAN TO SOLO THE ATLANTIC AND HAWAII TO CALIFORNIA. MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED-1937. 25 "DR. JAMES BARRY"-(1795-1865)-SURGEON GENERAL OF BRITISH ARMY, DISGUISED AS A MAN, NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL HER DEATH--KNOW BY ALL THE TROOPS AS A "MAN'S MAN" MOLLY BENNETT AIKEN-1944-FOUNDATION ADMINISTRATOR. FOUNDED "RIDING FOR THE HANDICAPPED" 26 DOROTHY HAMILL-1956-OLYMPIC CHAMPION ICE SKATER GRACIE ALLEN-(1906-1964)-COMMEDIENNE PEARL BUCK-(1892-91973)-PRIZE WINNING NOVELIST. 27 AGNES YARNALL (1904-1989) SCULPTOR, ARTIST, AUTHOR. LAA, 1987 "QUEEN MOTHER" AUDLEY MOORE-1898-CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, HUMANITARIAN CHARLOTTE CORDAY-(1768-1793)-FRENCH PATRIOT 28 JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS-1929-1994 FORMER US FIRST LADY. EDITOR. MARY JANE ODELL-1923-SECRETARY OF STATE, IOWA SALLY STRUTHERS-1948-ACTRESS 29 ELIZABETH HANFORD DOLE-1936-FORMER AMBASSADOR TO UN, FORMER U.S. SECRETATY OF TRANSPORATION, CURRENTLY, U.S. SECRETARY OF LABOR DOVIE HUDSON-1914-COMMUNITY ACTIVIST IN RURAL MISSISSIPPI NANCY KASSENBAUM-?-US SENATOR 30 PATRICIA SCHROEDER-1940-CONGRESSWOMAN-COLORADO, RAN FOR US PRESIDENCY, 1988. EMILY JANE BRONTE-(1818-1848)-NOVELIST, POET 31 EVONNE GOOLAGONG-1951-TENNIS CHAMPION, AUSTRALIA. LUCY KILLEA-1922-ASSEMBLYWOMAN, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUGUST BIRTHDATE CALENDAR 1 MARIA MITCHELL (1818-1889) AMERICA'S FIRST WOMAN ASTRONOMER. FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. EDUCATOR. YVONNE DeCARLO-1924-ACTRESS 2 MYRNA LOY-1905-1993 ACTRESS KITTY CARLISLE-1915-SINGER, ACTRESS, ARTS COMMISSIONER PHYLLIS JAMES (P.D. JAMES)-1920-MYSTERY WRITER JEWELL JACKSON McCABE-1945-ACTIVIST. PRESIDENT, NATIONAL COALTION OF 100 BLACK WOMEN BEATRICE STRAIGHT-1918-ACTRESS 3 SALLY BENSON (1899-1966) NOVELIST DOLORES DEL RIO-1908-SILENT SCREEN ACTRESS 4 5 SISTER VINCE OTTO-1932-MENTAL HEALTH ACTIVIST. LLA 1985. MARY BEARD (1876-1958) HISTORIAN. CHAMPIONED WOMEN'S CAUSES. WRITER. 6 LUCILLE BALL (1911-1989) ACTRESS, COMEDIENNE, PRODUCER, BELOVED ENTERTAINER HELEN HULL JACOBS-1908-CHAMPION TENNIS PLAYER, WRITER CLARA BOW (1905-1965) SILENT SCREEN ACTRESS. THE "IT" GIRL OF 1920'S FILMS. CATHERINE BEECHER (1800-1878) EDUCATOR. CHAMPIONED HIGHER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN 7 HELEN CALDICOTT-1938-PHYSICIAN, PEACE ACTIVIST. JEHAN SADAT PEACE AWARD, 1987 BILLIE BURKE (1885-1970-ACTRESS, COMEDIENNE TAYLOR CALDWELL-1900-NOVELIST ANN BEATTIE-1947-WRITER 8 JOSEPHINE HOLT BAY-1900-STOCKBROKER, FIRST WOMAN TO HEAD FIRM ON NY STOCK EXCHANGE ESTHER HOBART MORRIS (1814-?) SUFFRAGIST, ANTI-SLAVERY ACTIVIST. PERSUADED WYOMING TO ENACT LAW GRANTING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE (1869). FIRST WOMAN TO HOLD JUDICIAL OFFICE IN MODERN WORLD. HONORED, NATIONAL STATUARY HALL, US CAPITOL. SYLVIA SIDNEY-1910-ACTRESS MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS-????-WRITER, "THE YEARLING" 9 MELANIE GRIFFITH-1957-ACTRESS 10 HILDA DOOLITTLE (1886-1961) POET, PROMINENT MEMBER OF IMAGIST MOVEMENT RHONDA FLEMING-1923-ACTRESS PEPSI NUNES-1952-MARINE BIOLOGIST 11 ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN-1941-POLITICIAN, LAWYER, US REPRESENTATIVE ARLENE DAHL-ACTRESS, MODEL, BEAUTY COLUMNIST 12 JANE WYATT-1910-ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN, PHILANTHROPIST. LLA HONOREE, 1985 MARY ROBERTS RINEHART-????-WRITER 13 LUCY STONE (1818-1893) FEMINIST. FOUNDED AMERICAN WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE ASSN., ORGANIZED WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION. (FIRST KNOWN WOMAN TO KEEP HER OWN NAME AFTER MARRIAGE). ANN ARMSTRONG DAILEY-1940-FOUNDER, DIRECTOR CHILDREN'S HOSPICE INTERNATIONAL. LLA, 1990. JACQUEINE BISSETT-1946-ACTRESS 14 LINDA ELLERBEE-1944-TV JOURNALIST, PRODUCER NIARA SUDARKASA (GLORIA MARSHALL CLARK)-1938-EDUCATOR, FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF LINCOLN COLLEGE. DANIELE STEEL-1947-AUTHOR MARYLYN ROBERTS-1931-LIBRARIAN, FOUNDING MEMBER WIC 15 JULIA CHILD-1912-CHEF, AUTHOR, TELEVISION PERSONALITY EDNA FERBER (1885-1968) AUTHOR, PLAYWRIGHT MAXINE WATERS-1936-POLITICIAN. CALIFORNIA SENATOR. HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE. SIGNE HASSO-1910-ACTRESS WENDY HILLER-1912-ACTRESS ROSE MARIE-1925-COMEDIC ACTRESS JANICE RULE-1931-ACTRESS 16 NADIA BOULANGER (1887-1979) CONDUCTOR, MUSIC EDUCATOR. FIRST WOMAN TO CONDUCT BOSTON SYMPHONY AND NY PHILHARMONIC ETHEL BARRYMORE (1879-1959) CLASSIC FILM AND STAGE ACTRESS ANN BLYTH-1928-ACTRESS LESLIE ANN WARREN-1941-ACTRESS 17 BARBARA HECK (BORN 1734-DIED THIS DATE, 1804) RELIGIOUS LEADER. ORGANIZED FIRST METHODIST CHURCH IN US, 1765. CALLED MOTHER OF METHODISM. HAZEL BISHOP-1906-CHEMIST, COSMETICS MANUFACTURER MAUREEN O'HARA-1921-ACTRESS MAUREEN CONNALLY (1934-69 CHAMPION TENNIS PLAYER JEAN R. ADAMS-1928-ENTOMOLOGIST ELEANOR STEBER-1916-OPERA SINGER 18 ROSALYNN CARTER-1927-FORMER US FIRST LADY. MENTAL HEALTH AND E.R.A. ADVOCATE SHELLEY WINTERS-1922-ACTRESS VIRGINIA DARE (1587-?) FIRST CHILD BORN IN U.S. TO ENGLISH PARENTS 19 JANE BLALOCK-1945-CHAMPION GOLFER COCO CHANEL (1883-1971) FASHION DESIGNER JILL St. JOHN-1940-ACTRESS COUNTESSE DuBARRY [MARIE JEANNE BECU] (1743-1793)-MISTRESS OF LOUIS XIV. 20 CONNIE CHUNG-1946-NATIONAL NEWSANCHOR-NBC CARLA FRACCI-1936-BALLERINA ELIZABETH ASHLEY-1941-ACTRESS 21 ANA ISABEL ANDERSON-IMBERT-1940-PHYSICIAN, RHEUMATOLOGIST 22 VALERIE HARPER-1940-ACTRESS THEONI VACHLIOTIS ALDREDGE-1932-AWARD WINNING COSTUME DESIGNER 23 NORAH ELLEN O'NEILL-1949-AIRLINE PILOT-FLYING TIGERS SHELLEY LONG-1949-ACTRESS BARBARA EDEN-1934-ACTRESS VERA MILES-1930-ACTRESS, SINGER, DANCER 24 KAREN KESKULLA UHLENBECK-1942-MATHEMETICIAN, EDUCATOR ANITA V. FIGUEREDO-1916-PHYSICIAN, HUMANITARIAN. LLA-1986 25 ALTHEA GIBSON-1927-TENNIS CHAMPION. FIRST BLACK PLAYER TO WIN A MAJOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RUBY KEELER-1909-DANCER, ACTRESS 26 GERALDINE FERRARO-1935-POLITICIAN. US VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, 1984 PEGGY GUGGENHEIM (1898-1979) ART PATRON AND COLLECTOR 27 MARTHA RAYE-1916-ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN CATHERINE MARSHALL-1914-EDITOR AMD WRITER ANTONIA FRASER-1932-BIOGRAPHER 28 ELIZABETH BAYLEY SETON (1774-1821) RELIGEOUS. FOUNDER, AMERICAN SISTERS OF CHARITY. CANNONIZED IN 1975-AMERICA'S FIRST SAINT. EDUCATOR. HUMANITARIAN. 29 JEHAN SADAT-1933-FORMER FIRST LADY OF EGYPT. EDUCATOR. AUTHOR. PEACE AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVOCATE. LLA-1984. HON. PRES., WOMEN'S INT'L CENTER. INGRID BERGMAN-(1915-1982)INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS WYOMIA TYROS-1945-OLYMPIC ATHLETE. FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO WIN GOLD MEDAL IN 100 METER RUN. OLIVE ANN BEECH-1903-AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE ISABEL SANFORD-1917-ACTRESS 30 RUTH WESTERHEIMER (DR. RUTH)-1928-SEX THERAPIST, AUTHOR, LECTURER, TV PERSONALITY. LLA, 1988. CARRIE SAXON PERRY-1931-POLITICIAN. FIRST BLACK MAYOR OF A MAJOR AMERICAN CITY--HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. SHIRLEY BOOTH-1907-ACTRESS J0AN BLONDELL (1909-1979) ACTRESS 31 MARIA MONTESSORI (1870-1952) PHYSICIAN, EDUCATOR. FIRST WOMAN MEDICAL DOCTOR IN ITALY. DEDICATED HER LIFE TO CHILDREN'S EDUCATION--MONTESSORI SYSTEM. MARVA NETTLES COLLINS-1936-EDUCATOR. ESTABLISHED WEST SIDE PREPARATORY SCHOOL IN HER HOUSE TO DEVELOP EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOR MINORITY CHILDREN. SEPTEMBER BIRTHDATE CALENDAR 1 LILY TOMLIN-1939-ACTRESS, COMEDIENNE, FILM PRODUCER ELIZABETH "LIZ" CARPENTER-1920-JOURNALIST, AUTHOR, ERA LEADER 2 MARGE CHAMPION-1923-DANCER, ACTRESS 3 MARGURITE HIGGINS (1920-69) JOURNALIST. ONLY WOMAN CORRESPONDENT AT KOREAN FRONT SARAH ORNE JEWETT (1848-1909) NOVELIST. ANNE JACKSON-1936-ACTRESS EILEEN BRENNAN-1935-ACTRESS 4 DAWN FRASER-1937-OLYMPIC SWIMMER MITZI GAYNOR-1931-ACTRESS, DANCER 5 SARAH EMMA EVELYN EDMONDS [A.K.A. FRANK THOMPSON] (DIED THIS DATE 1898). SERVED AS A UNION ARMY SOLDIER, DISGUISED AS A MAN. RAQUEL WELCH-1940-ACTRESS 6 JANE ADDAMS (1869-35) SOCIAL REFORMER, PEACE ACTIVIST, WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST. FOUNDED, HULL HOUSE JANE CURTIN-1947-ACTRESS LISA THORSEN-1957-SINGER, ACTRESS, CHAMPION FOR DISABILITY ACCESS 7 JEAN BLACKWELL HUTSON-1914-CURATOR, LIBRARIAN, ADMINISTRATOR. GUIDING HAND FOR SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE. ELIZABETH I (1533-1603) QUEEN OF ENGLAND, 1558-1603 8 9 SARA O'MEARA SIGHOLTZ-CO-FOUNDER, CHILDHELP USA, HUMANITARIAN. LLA, 1989 SARAH SNELL HARDER-1937-UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATOR, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST. NAT'L PRESIDENT AAUW SONIA SANCHEZ-1934-WRITER, SPECIALIZING IN URBAN BLACK LANGUAGE 10 JUDITH BANISTER-1943-US GOV'T DEMOGRAPHER, BUREAU OF CENSUS YMA SUMAC-1927-SINGER 11 LOLA FALANA-1946-SINGER 12 IRENE JOLIOT-CURIE (1897-1956) PHYSICIST. DISCOVER OF ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVITY. CATHERINE KUNSTANTINO BRESHKOVSKY (?-DIED THIS DATE, 1934) MOTHER OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION LINDA GRAY-1940-ACTRESS 13 14 MARGARET SANGER (1879-1966) LEADING CRUSADER IN US FOR BIRTH CONTROL. OPENED FIRST CLINIC WHICH LATER BECAME PLANNED PARENTHOOD ZOE CALDWELL-1933-ACTRESS, DIRECTOR CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY-1921-SENIOR JUDGE, POLITICIAN. FIRST BLACK WOMAN IN THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE. 15 DAME AGATHA CHRISTIE (1890-1976) MYSTERY WRITER, PLAYWRIGHT MARGARET LOCKWOOD-1916-ACTRESS 16 KAREN HORNEY (1885-52) PSYCHOANALYST, WRITER. CO-FOUNDER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS LAUREN BACALL-1924-ACTRESS JANIS PAIGE-1922-ACTRESS 17 ANNE BANCROFT-1931-ACTRESS, PRODUCER MARY STEWART-1916-NOVELIST DOROTHY LOUDON-1946-ACTRESS 18 CLAUDETTE COLBERT-1905-ACTRESS GRETA GARBO-1905-1990-ACTRESS. FAMED RECLUSE. 19 20 SOPHIA LOREN-1934-ACTRESS ANNE MEARA-1929-ACTRESS 21 22 MARTHA SCOTT-1914-ACTRESS, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER 23 CAROLE LOMBARD (1909-1942) ACTRESS, BEST KNOWN FOR HER "SCREWBALL" FILMS CYD CHARISSE-1930-DANCER, ACTRESS 24 BARBARA BRILLIANT-1935-TELEVISION HOST, PRODUCER 25 BARBARA WALTERS-1931-JOURNALIST, INTERVIEWER JULIET PROWSE-1937-DANCER, ACTRESS 26 MARY BETH HURT-1948-ACTRESS JUDITH P. APPELBAUM-1939-MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER EDITOR, EDUCATOR 27 JAYNE MEADOWS-1920-ACTRESS ROSA LEWIS. (1867-1952) HOTELKEEPER. CELEBRATED SOCIETY CATERER AMD OWNER OF CAVANDISH HOTEL-ENGLAND. KATHY WHITWORTH-1939-GOLFER SADA THOMPSON-1929-ACTRESS 28 FRANCES WILLARD (1839-98) TEMPERANCE LEADER, SOCIAL ACTIVIST, HELPED FOUND ASSOCIATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN. FIRST WOMAN TO BE HONORED IN THE HALL OF STARUARY, US CAPITOL. 29 GREER GARSON-1908-ACTRESS, PHILANTHROPIST, HUMANITARIAN. LLA, 1989 ELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELL (1810-1865) ENGLISH NOVELIST MADELINE KAHN-1942-ACTRESS LIZABETH SCOTT-1922-ACTRESS 30 ANGIE DICKINSON-1931-ACTRESS, SOCIAL ACTIVIST DEBORAH KERR-1921-ACTRESS OCTOBER BIRTHDATE CALENDAR 1 JULIE ANDREWS-1935-SINGER, ACTRESS, SOCIAL ACTIVIST FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ANNIE BESANT (1847-1933) SOCIAL REFORMER, THEOSOPHIST, INDIAN INDEPENDENCE LEADER STELLA STEVENS-1936-ACTRESS FAITH BALDWIN (1893-1978)-NOVELIST 2 3 JOSEPHINE "MAMA JO" RILEY MATTHEWS-1897-FAMED MIDWIFE IN RURAL SOUTH CAROLINA, HAS DELIVERED THOUSANDS OF BABIES. ANGELES ALVARINO DeLEIRA-1916-BIOLOGIST, OCEANOGRAPHER, WRITER GERTRUGE BERG (1899-1966) COMEDIC ACTRESS 4 HATTIE McDANIEL (1895-1952) ACTRESS. FIRST BLACK TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD. PATTI LaBELLE-1944-SINGER 5 GLYNIS JOHNS-1923-ACTRESS YVONNE BRAITWAITE BURKE-1932-LAWYER, CONGRESSWOMAN, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST AUTHERINE LUCY-1929-FIRST BLACK STUDENT TO ENROLL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT TUSCALOOSA, BREAKING COLOR BARRIER 6 GLORIA LANE-1932-EDUCATOR, ADMINISTRATOR, AUTHOR. FOUNDER, WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL CENTER AND LIVING LEGACY AWARDS ANNE BASHKIROFF-ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ACTIVIST-LLA 1987 SHANA ALEXANDER-1925-JOURNALIST, AUTHOR JANET GAYNOR-1906-ACTRESS STEPHANIE ZIMBALIST-1956-ACTRESS 7 JUNE ALLYSON-1923-ACTRESS SPRING BYINGTON (1893-1971) ACTRESS 8 SIGOURNEY WEAVER-1949-ACTRESS 9 AIMEE SEMPLE McPHERSON (1890-1944) RELIGIOUS LEADER. MOST FAMOUS EVANGELIST OF HER DAY. FOUNDED INTERNATIONAL CHURCH OF THE FOURSQUARE GOSPEL, BUILT ANGELUS TEMPLE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. HARRIET HOSMER (1830-1908) SCULPTOR HELENE DEUTSCH [Nee ROSENBACH] (1884-?) PSYCHOANALYST. GRANDE DAME OF BOSTON PSYCHOANALYSTS. 10 HELEN HAYES-1900-ACTRESS-"FIRST LADY OF THE AMERICAN THEATER", HUMANITAIAN, LLA, 1985 PRICILLA L. WILLIAMS (1897-1987) SOCIAL ACTIVIST, HUMANITARIAN TANYA TUCKER-1958-SINGER 11 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (1884-1962) WOMEN AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST-"FIRST LADY OF THE WORLD". UN DELGATE, CHAIR COMMISSION ON HUMAN TIGHTS. TRIBUTE TO GREATNESS, LLA, 1986. 12 JEAN NIDETCH-1923-NUTRITIONIST. FOUNDED "WEIGHT WATCHERS" 13 LADY JANE GREY (1537-1554) QUEEN OF ENGLAND FOR 9 DAYS LARAINE DAY-1920-ACTRESS 14 HANNAH ARENDT (1906-1975) POLITICAL SCIENTIST, PHILOSOPHER, WRITER LILLIAN GISH (1896-?) EARLY FILM ACTRESS 15 HELEN HUNT JACKSON (1830-85) NOVELIST, POET, ESSAYIST. INDIAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST. 16 SARAH WINNEMUCCA (c. 1844-DIED THIS DATE, 1891) INDIAN SCOUT ANGELA LANSBURY-1925-ACTRESS LORRAINE SWEENY-1925-COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST. BD. MEM. WIC SUZANNE SOMERS-1946-ACTRESS, ENTERTAINER 17 MILDRED KNOPF-1898-1991 CIVIC CONTRIBUTOR, COOKBOOK WRITER. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1990=presented by ANGELA LANSBURY RITA HAYWORTH (1918-1987) ACTRESS, DANCER, SINGER JEAN ARTHUR-1905-ACTRESS PRICILLA LANFORD BUCKLY-1921-EDITOR, COLUMNIST-NATIONAL REVIEW 18 MELINA MERCOURI-1925-ACTRESS, FORMER GREEK CULTURAL MINISTER, ILA-LLA 1991 FANNIE HURST (1889-1968)-NOVELIST ISABEL E. ALLEN-1948-BIOSTATICIAN 19 ANNIE S. PECK (1850-1935) MOUNTAIN CLIMBER, EXPLORER AND DIPLOMAT JOHNETTA BETSCH COLE-1936-EDUCATOR. PRESIDENT, SPELLMAN COLLEGE, GEORGIA MONTGOMERY DAVIS POWERS-POLITICIAN. FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO KENTUCKY SENATE 20 ARLENE FRANCIS-1908-ACTRESS, TELEVISION PERSONALITY 21 RAMABAI DONGRE' MEDHAVI (1858-1922) SOCIAL REFORMER. SAVED THOUSANDS OF SONLESS WIDOWS IN INDIA. URSULA LeGUIN-1929-WRITER 22 HENRIETTE WYETH-1907-ARTIST. OFTEN CALLED "FIRST LADY OF AMERICAN ART". LLA 1990=PRESENTED BY HELEN HAYES SARAH BERNHARDT (1844-1923) CLASSIC ACTRESS JOAN FONTAINE-1917-ACTRESS CATHERINE DENEUVE-1943-ACTRESS, MODEL 23 GERTRUDE EDERLE-1906-FIRST WOMAN TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL SARAH HALE (1788-1879) RELIGIOUS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVOCATE. FOUNDED SEAMAN'S AID SOCIETY OF BOSTON, 1833. 24 BELVA BENNETT LOCKWOOD (1830-1917) ATTORNEY AND HUMAN RIGHTS CRUSADER. CAUSED US CONGRESS TO ALLOW WOMEN ATTORNEYS TO PLEAD BEFORE US SUPREME COURT. FIRST WOMAN TO DO SO. CAUSED EQUAL PAY TO WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT. 25 HELEN REDDY-1941-SINGER, SONGWRITER-"I AM WOMAN" MINNIE PEARL-1912-COMEDIENNE MARION ROSS-1928-ACTRESS 26 GEORGETTE AMOWITZ-1929-CHOREOGRAPHER, EDUCATOR JACLYN SMITH-1948-ACTRESS 27 MARLENE DIETRICH-1901-ACTRESS, ENTERTAINER NANETTE FABRAY-1920-SINGER, ACTRESS, ADVOCATE F0R THE DEAF RUBY DEE-1927-ACTRESS, DANCER THERESA WRIGHT-1918-ACTRESS 28 JANE ALEXANDER-1939-ACTRESS, PRODUCER, WRITER, PEACE ACTIVIST. JEHAN SADAT PEACE AWARD, LIVING LEGACY AWARDS, 1988 29 FANNY BRICE (1891-1951) SINGER, COMEDIENNE, RADIO STAR IN THE 30'S MAHALIA JACKSON (1911-1964) FAMED GOSPEL SINGER KATE JACKSON-1948-ACTRESS 30 RUTH GORDON (1896-1988) ACTRESS, AUTHOR, SCREENWRITER RUTH HUSSEY-1917-ACTRESS GRACE SLICK-1939-ACTRESS 31 JULIETTE GORDON LOW (1860-1927) ACTIVIST. FOUNDER, GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA JANE PAULEY-1950-TELEVISION JOURNALIST BARBARA BEL GEDDES-1922-ACTRESS DALE EVANS-1912-ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN NOVEMBER BIRTHDATE CALENDAR 1 BARBARA BOSSON-1939-ACTRESS BETSY PALMER-1929-ACTRESS 2 ROSE ELIZABETH BIRD-1936-JUDGE, ATTORNEY, FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE, CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT SHERE HITE-1942-AUTHOR, CULTURAL HISTORIAN-"THE HITE REPORT" ANN RUTHERFORD-1920-ACTRESS MARIE ANTOINETTE (1755-1795) AUSTRIAN QUEEN CONSORT OF LOUIS XVI OF FRANCE 3 MARGARET MITCHELL (1900-1949) NOVELIST-"GONE WITH THE WIND" 4 LORETTA SWIT-1937-ACTRESS 5 IRENE DUNNE-1904-ACTRESS ELKE SOMMERS-1940-ACTRESS 6 SALLY FIELD-1946-ACTRESS 7 MARIE CURIE (1867-1934) SCIENTIST, RESEARCHER. WITH HUSBAND, PIERRE CURIE, DISCOVERED URANIUM WAS SOURCE OF RADIOACTIVITY. LATER, SHE DISCOVERED POLONIUM. TWICE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. TRIBUTE TO GREATNESS, LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1989. JOAN SUTHERLAND-1926-OPERA SINGER ALEXA CANADY-1950-FIRST BLACK WOMAN NEURO-SURGEON. EDUCATOR 8 ROBERTA HAZARD-1934-ADMIRAL, USN, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL, DEDICATED TO IMPROVING WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITY IN THE MILITARTY. LLA, 1990 KATHARINE HEPBURN-1909-ACTRESS ESTHER ROLLE-1933-ACTRESS DOROTHY DAY (1897-?) HUMANITARIAN, WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVOCATE. FOUNDER, CATHOLIC WORKERS MOVEMENT 9 FLORENCE SABIN (1871-?) SCIENTIST. FIRST WOMAN TO GRADUATE FROM JOHNS HOPKINS, FIRST WOMAN FULL PROFESSOR IN MEDICAL COLLEGE, FIRST WOMAN LIFETIME MEMBER OF ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. HONORED IN HALL OF STATUARY, US CAPITOL. HEDY LAMARR-1913-ACTRESS MARY TRAVERS-1936-SINGER (PETER, PAUL AND MARY) 10 CARMEN MIRANDA (1913-1955) SINGER, ACTRESS. KNOWN FOR COLORFUL HEADWEAR WHEN PERFORMING. DONNA FARGO-1946-SINGER 11 ABIGAIL ADAMS (1744-1818) FORMER US FIRST LADY, AUTHOR DAISY BATES-1914-PUBLISHER, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST. ESTABLISHED ARKANSAS STATE PRESS. HEAD OF ARKANSAS NAACP FOR MANY YEARS. ERNESTINE ANDERSON-1928-JAZZ VOCALIST VERONICA LAKE (1919-1973) ACTRESS BARBARA BOXER-1940-CONGRESSWOMAN, CALIFORNIA MAUD ADAMS (1872-1953) ACTRESS 12 ELIZABETH CADY STANTON (1815-1902) WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST. ORGANIZED FIRST WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION IN US, CO-FOUNDED WORKING WOMEN'S ASSOC. AND NAT'L WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSN. (WITH SUSAN B. ANTHONY). NADIA COMANCI-1961-OLYMPIC GYMNAST STEFANIE POWERS-1943-ACTRESS, ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST KIM HUNTER-1922-ACTRESS JO STAFFORD-1918-SINGER 13 HERMIONE BADDERLEY-1906-ACTRESS 14 CLAUDIA JANE ARCHIBALD-1931-PARAPSYCHOLOGIST CLARA FASANO-1900-SCULPTOR 15 GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887-1986) PAINTER, SCULPTOR, INNOVATOR PETULA CLARK-1934-SINGER, ACTRESS 16 ALICE ADAMS-1930-SCULPTOR 17 GRACE ABBOTT (1878-1939) SOCIAL WORK. FOUGHT AGAINST CHILD LABOR WINSON HUDSON-1916-COMMUNITY ACTIVIST IN RURAL MISSISSIPPI LAUREN HUTTON-1943-ACTRESS LIBBY NEWMAN-1925-PAINTER, PRINTMAKER, CURATOR 18 DOROTHY DIX (ELIZABETH GILMER) (1887-1951) JOURNALIST. FOR 55 YEARS, WROTE "ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN" DOROTHY COLLINS-1926-SINGER MARGARET E. ATWOOD-1939-AUTHOR, POET JUNE HAVOC-1916-ACTRESS BRENDA VACCARO-1939-ACTRESS 19 JEANE KIRKPATRICK-1926-POLITICAL SCIENTIST, U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT, FORMER UN DELEGATE INDIRA GANDHI (1917-1987) POLITICIAN. PRIME MINISTER-INDIA, 1966-77. 20 JUDY WOODRUFF-1925-NEWS ANALYST AND COMMENTATOR 21 MARLO THOMAS-1943-ACTRESS, CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITER AND ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN GOLDIE HAWN-1945-ACTRESS, COMEDIENNE, PRODUCER HENRIETTA (HETTY) GREEN (1834-1916) FINANCIER. AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH, RICHEST WOMAN IN US, KNOWN AS "THE WITCH OF WALL STREET". 22 GEORGE ELIOT (1819-1880) NOVELIST BILLIE JEAN KING-1943-ATHLETE. TENNIS CHAMPION, ACTIVIST AND ACCOMPLISHER FOR EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN TENNIS AND OTHER SPORTS PROFESSIONALS. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1985. 23 RITA ROSSI COLWELL-1934-OCEANOGRAPHER 24 GERALDINE FITZGERALD-1914-ACTRESS LILLI LEHMANN (1848-1929) OPERA SINGER FRANCES BURNETT (1849-1924) NOVELIST 25 HELEN DOUGLAS [Nee GAHAGAN]-1900-POLITICIAN, ACTRESS. RAN AGAINST RICHARD NIXON FOR CALIFORNIA SENATE SEAT 26 SARAH GRIMKE (1792-1873) REFORMER, ABOLITIONIST SOJOURNER TRUTH (c. 1797-DIED THIS DATE, 1883) ABOLITIONIST, REFORMER FRANCOISE GILOT-1921-PAINTER, DESIGNER, AUTHOR. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1984. ELIZABETH E. BAILEY-1938-UNIVERSITY DEAN, CARNEGIE MELLON 27 TERRI R. ADAMS-1957-EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION DIRECTOR. HEADED TEACHER IN SPACE PROGRAM, FOREIGN STUDENT EXCHANGE FRANCES SWEM ANDERSON-1913-NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGIST 28 HELEN KINNEY COPLEY-1922-NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER PHYLLIS JENKINS-1923-LITERARY AND THEATRICAL AGENT. COMMUNITY ACTIVIST. NANCY MITFORD (1904-1973) NOVELIST, BIOGRAPHER, EDITOR 29 LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832-1888) NOVELIST-"LITTLE WOMEN" MADELEINE L'ENGLE-1918-WRITER 30 SHIRLEY CHISHOLM-1924-POLITICIAN, TEACHER. CANDIDATE FOR US PRESIDENT, 1972 VIRGINIA MAYO-1920-ACTRESS DECEMBER BIRTHDATE CALENDAR 1 MARY MARTIN-1913-1991-ACTRESS, SINGER-"PETER PAN" BETTE MIDLER-1945-SINGER, ACTRESS, COMEDIENNE. KNOWN AS THE "DEVINE MISS M." 2 TRACY AUSTIN-1962-CHAMPION TENNIS PROFESSIONAL JULIE HARRIS-1925-ACTRESS 3 ELLEN SWALLOW RICHARD (1842-1911) SCIENTIST, EDUCATOR. FOUNDER CONCEPT OF HOME ECONOMICS. FIRSTS: MEMBER OF GRADUATING CLASS AT VASSAR; AMERICAN WOMAN TO ATTEND A SCIENTIFIC COLLEGE (MIT); STUDENT TO EARN A DOCTORATE IN CHEMESTRY; WOMAN TO TEACH AT MIT, WHERE SHE CREATED FIRST WOMAN'S SCIENCE LABORATORY; EFFECTIVE ECOLOGIST. MARIA CALLAS (1923-77) OPERA SINGER 4 DEANNA DURBIN-1922-SINGER, POPULAR TEEN ACTRESS OF THE 30'S JOANNE BATTISTE-1932-ARTIST OF THE PAINTINGS OF WOMEN (HEROINES) EXHIBITED IN 1991 LIVING LEGACY ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR 5 JOAN DIDION-1934-NOVELIST, JOURNALIST PHILLIS WHEATLEY (c. 1753-DIED THIS DATE, 1784) POET. FIRST IMPORTANT BLACK POET IN AMERICA. 6 EVE CURIE LABOUISSE-1904-AUTHOR, INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT. WROTE MADAM CURIE, WORLD FAMOUS BOOK ABOUT HER MOTHER, MARIE CURIE. ROSE SCHNEIDERMAN (1884-1972) LABOR LEADER. SECRETARY OF NY STATE DEPT. OF LABOR (1937-44). 7 WILLA CATHER (1876-1947) NOVELIST, FEMINIST, ACTIVIST HELEN GURLEY BROWN-1917-AUTHOR, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, "COSMOPOLITAN" MAGAZINE, OPENED THE DOOR FOR WOMEN TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS ELLEN STEWART-1919-ACTRESS, THEATER PRODUCER, FOUNDER OF "LA MAMA THEATRE GROUP" ELLEN BURSTYN-1932-ACTRESS MARTHA LAYNE COLLINS-1936-GOVERNOR, TENNESSEE 8 PATTI PAGE-SINGER, SONGWRITER. LLA 1991....1927 DOROTHY MAE BALLARD-1916-LABOR UNION REPRESENTATIVE. WORKS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY FOR MINORITY WOMEN. KIM BASINGER-1954-ACTRESS 9 DINA MERRILL-1925-ACTRESS, PHILANTHROPIST. FUTURE LLA GRACE MURRAY HOPPER-1906-COMPUTER INNOVATOR, EDUCATOR, US NAVY ADMIRAL. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1984. 10 SUSAN DEY-1952-ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN EMILY DICKINSON (1830-1886) POET GLORIA LORING-1946-SINGER, HUMANITARIAN 11 ANNIE JUMP CANNON (1863-1940) ASTRONOMER. FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE AN HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY, 1925. TERRI GARR-1949-ACTRESS GRACE PALEY-1922-WRITER DONNA MILLS-1943-ACTRESS 12 HELEN FRANKENTHALER-1928-PAINTER CORA LEE JOHNSON-1925-SOCIAL ACTIVIST FOR RURAL POOR HERMIONE GINGOLD-1897-ACTRESS CONNIE FRANCIS-1938-SINGER, ACTRESS DIONNE WARWICK-1941-SINGER 13 14 MARGARET CHASE SMITH-?-POLITICIAN, WRITER, FORMER US SENATOR LEE REMICK-1935- 1991-ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN. LLA 1990 PATTY DUKE-1946-ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN, WRITER. WORKS FOR MENTAL HEALTH CAUSES SHIRLEY JACKSOM (1919-1965) NOVELIST, NOTED FOR TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL. 15 16 MARGARET MEAD (1901-1978) INTERNATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGIST. WRITER, TEACHER. TRIBUTE TO GREATNESS, LLA, 1988 JANE AUSTIN (1775-1817) NOVELIST LIV ULLMAN-1939-ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN LESLEY STAHL-1941-NEWS ANALYST, REPORTER, TELEVISION PERSONALITY CATHERINE OF ARAGON (1485-1536) SPANISH PRINCESS. FIRST WIFE OF HENRY VIII OF ENGLAND 17 18 GLADYS COOPER (1891-1971) ACTRESS 19 EDITH PIAF-1915-FRENCH TORCH SINGER MARIA L. SANFORD (1836-?) PIONEER EDUCATOR, WOMEN AND MINORITY RIGHTS ACTIVIST. INNOVATED PTA CONCEPT. CICILY TYSON-1933-ACTRESS 20 MAUDE GONNE (1865-1953) IRISH NATIONALIST AND PATRIOT. HAILED AS IRISH "JOAN OF ARC" HANNA FROMM-?-EDUCATOR FOR OLDER PEOPLE, COMMUNITY ACTIVIST. LLA 1990. HORTENSE CALISHER-1911-WRITER DIANNE ARNDT-1939-ARTIST, PHOTOGRAPHER IRENE DUNNE-1898-ACTRESS 21 HENRIETTA SZOLD (1860-1945) ZIONIST LEADER, HUMANITARIAN. FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF HADASSAH JANE FONDA-1937-ACTRESS, POLITICAL ACTIVIST, EXERCISE ADVOCATE ALICA ALONSO-1921-BALLERINA CHRIS EVERT-1954-TENNIS CHAMPION 22 LADY BIRD JOHNSON (CLAUDIA ALTO)-1912-FORMER US FIRST LADY. ENVIRONMENTALIST AND BEAUTIFICATION ACTIVIST DIANE SAWYER-1945-INVESTIGATIVE NEWS REPORTER 23 24 RUTH CHATTERTON (1893-1961) ACTRESS DURING 20'S AND 30'S AVA GARDNER-1922-ACTRESS 25 CLARA BARTON (1821-1912) HUMANITARIAN. FOUNDER, AMERICAN RED CROSS EVANGELINE CORY BOOTH (1865-1950) SOCIAL REFORMER, LEADER IN SALVATION ARMY MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND; COMMANDER OF US SALVATION ARMY, 1904-34. BARBARA MANDRELL-1948-SINGER, ENTERTAINET SISSY SPACEK-1949-ACTRESS 26 SUSAN H. BUTCHER-1954-IDIDEROD RACER, DOGSLED DRIVER CHAMPION 27 NORMA RAE BEATTY ASHBY-1935-BROADCASTER, TV-TADIO PRODUCER 28 ANNE LEGENDRE ARMSTRONG-1927-FORMER AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITIAN AND NORTHERN IRELAND JANET HOUGH BRYANT-1938-AUTHOR, PERFORMING ARTIST, EDUCATOR MAGGIE SMITH-1934-ACTRESS 29 MARY TYLER MOORE-1937-ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN, DEEPLY INVOLVED FOR CURE OF CHILDREN'S DIABETES PROGRAMS MADAME DE POMPADOUR (1721-1764) MISTRESS OF LOUIS XV 30 SISTER M. LAWRENCE ANTOUIN-1927-COLLEGE PRESIDENT (EMERITIS) 31 ODETTA-1930-FOLK SINGER, POLITICAL ACTIVIST DIANE VON FURSTENBERG-1946-FASHION DESIGNER SARAH MILES-1941-ACTRESS DONNA SUMER-1948-SINGER |
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