5.30.2011

June Highlights in U.S. Women's History

June 1, 1993 - Connie Chung becomes the second woman to co-anchor the evening news, 17 years after Barbara Walters became the first in 1976 
June 9, 1949 - Georgia Neese Clark confirmed as the first woman treasurer of the United States   
June 10, 1963 - Equal Pay Act enacted: "To prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce." (PL 88-38)
June 11, 1913 - Women in Illinois celebrate passage of a state woman suffrage bill allowing women to vote in presidential elections
June 17, 1873 - Susan B. Anthony's trial started for illegally voting in Rochester , New York on November 5, 1872
June 18, 1983 - Dr. Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
June 20, 1921 - Alice Robertson ((R-Oklahoma) becomes the first woman to chair the House of Representatives 
June 23, 1972 - Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, President Nixon signs one of the most important legislation initiatives passed for women and girls since women won the vote in 1920. This legislation guarantees equal access and equal opportunity for females and males in almost all aspects of our educational systems. 
June 25, 1903 - Madame Marie Curie announces her discovery of radium

June Birthdays 
June 3, 1906 (1975) - Josephine Baker, dancer and jazz singer; fought racism
June 7, 1917 (2000)
- Gwendolyn Brooks, poet; first African American to win a
Pulitzer Prize 

June 11, 1880 (1973) - Jeannette Rankin, first woman elected to Congress; pacifist and suffragist 
June 14, 1811 (1896) - Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin 
June 14, 1952 - Pat Summit, coach of Tennessee 's Women's Basketball team. She scored the most wins in NCAA history - 900 victories in 32 years 
June 16, 1902 (1992) - Barbara McClintock, biologist, Nobel Prize Winner in 1983
June 17, 1865 (1915)
- Susan La Flesche Picotte, first Native American physician
June 18, 1913 (1991)
- Sylvia Porter, finance columnist and author 
June 21, 1912 (1989) - Mary McCarthy, author and critic June 22, 1906 (1993) - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, aviator, poet and author 
June 22, 1909 (2006) - Katherine Dunham, dancer and choreographer; combined African movement and classical ballet 
June 23, 1940 (1994) - Wilma Rudolph, athlete; first woman runner to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympics 
June 26, 1902 (1989) - Antonia Brico, conductor, pianist; first women to conduct a world-class symphony orchestra in 1938 
June 26, 1911 or 1914 (1956) - Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, athlete; outstanding in basketball, track, swimming, golf, and billiards
June 27, 1880 (1968) - Helen Keller, advocate for the disabled; writer and lecturer
June 30, 1883 (1970) - Dorothy Tilly, civil rights reformer; investigated and protested lynching in Georgia  

June 30, 1917 (2010) - Lena Horne, first African American woman to sign long-term Hollywood contract; fought for contracts guaranteeing African Americans could attend her shows 

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