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  1. #OnThisDay, 23 July 1999, Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to command a Space Shuttle. She went on to command Discovery on the first test flight of a Shuttle after the Columbia disaster.

    Watch the lift-off: youtu.be/AfqIzfH7r2Y

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSpace #SpaceHistory #Histodons

  2. #OnThisDay, 16 June 1963, Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space, orbiting Earth 48 times in Vostok 6.

    She is currently a member of the Russian State Duma (lower house), and supporter of Putin.

    #WomenInSpace #SpaceHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

  3. Love is like an itchin' in my heart...

    #OnThisDay, 22 Oct 1966, The Supremes become the first all-woman group to get to no 1 in the US Billboard album charts with The Supremes A' Go-Go.

    Listen to their version of Get Ready: youtube.com/watch?v=VD_7_MhgHhc

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory #PopHistory #Histodons

  4. Love is like an itchin' in my heart...

    #OnThisDay, 22 Oct 1966, The Supremes become the first all-woman group to get to no 1 in the US Billboard album charts with The Supremes A' Go-Go.

    Listen to their version of Get Ready: youtube.com/watch?v=VD_7_MhgHh

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory #PopHistory #Histodons

  5. #OnThisDay, 27 April 1925, Edna Ferber wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her novel 'So Big'.

    She donates the prize money to the Authors League to support sick and elderly authors.

    #WomenInHistory #Histodons #LiteraryWomen #PultizerPrize

  6. “I feel that if I have to answer for the deeds done in my body just as much as a man, I have a right to have as much as a man.”

    #OnThisDay, 9 May 1867, Sojourner Truth addresses the American Equal Rights Association, arguing for equal rights for Black women.

    Read a brief history of Truth’s life: wams.nyhistory.org/a-nation-di

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #EqualRights #BlackAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

  7. “I feel that if I have to answer for the deeds done in my body just as much as a man, I have a right to have as much as a man.”

    #OnThisDay, 9 May 1867, Sojourner Truth addresses the American Equal Rights Association, arguing for equal rights for Black women.

    Read a brief history of Truth’s life: wams.nyhistory.org/a-nation-di

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #EqualRights #BlackAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

  8. “I feel that if I have to answer for the deeds done in my body just as much as a man, I have a right to have as much as a man.”

    #OnThisDay, 9 May 1867, Sojourner Truth addresses the American Equal Rights Association, arguing for equal rights for black women.

    #WomenInHistory #Histodons #EqualRights #BlackAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory

    Read a brief history of Truth’s life. CW for the article as it includes mention of slavery and abuse: wams.nyhistory.org/a-nation-di

  9. , 8 May 1865, Dr Mary Harris Thompson founds the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children. At the time one of the city's two existing hospitals did not admit women as patients.

  10. #OnThisDay, 8 May 1865, Dr Mary Harris Thompson founds the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children. At the time one of the city's two existing hospitals did not admit women as patients.

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #AmericanHistory #Histodons

  11. #OnThisDay, 8 May 1865, Dr Mary Harris Thompson founds the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children. At the time one of the city's two existing hospitals did not admit women as patients.

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #AmericanHistory #Histodons

  12. #OnThisDay, 8 May 1865, Dr Mary Harris Thompson founds the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children. At the time one of the city's two existing hospitals did not admit women as patients.

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #AmericanHistory #Histodons

  13. , 5 May 1938, Dorothy Anderson presents her medical research identifying cystic fibrosis at a meeting of the American Pediatric Association.

  14. #OnThisDay, 5 May 1938, Dorothy Anderson presents her medical research identifying cystic fibrosis at a meeting of the American Pediatric Association.

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #CysticFibrosis #Histodons

  15. #OnThisDay, 5 May 1938, Dorothy Anderson presents her medical research identifying cystic fibrosis at a meeting of the American Pediatric Association.

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #CysticFibrosis #Histodons

  16. #OnThisDay, 5 May 1938, Dorothy Anderson presents her medical research identifying cystic fibrosis at a meeting of the American Pediatric Association.

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #CysticFibrosis #Histodons

  17. , 23 Jan 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell graduates with a medical degree. She is the first woman to receive one in the USA. She was also the first woman on the UK medical register.

  18. #OnThisDay, 23 Jan 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell graduates with a medical degree. She is the first woman to receive one in the USA. She was also the first woman on the UK medical register.

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #Histodons #AmericanHistory

  19. #OnThisDay, 23 Jan 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell graduates with a medical degree. She is the first woman to receive one in the USA. She was also the first woman on the UK medical register.

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #Histodons #AmericanHistory

  20. #OnThisDay, 23 Jan 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell graduates with a medical degree. She is the first woman to receive one in the USA. She was also the first woman on the UK medical register.

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #Histodons #AmericanHistory

  21. #OnThisDay, 23 Jan 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell graduates with a medical degree. She is the first woman to receive one in the USA. She was also the first woman on the UK medical register.

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #Histodons #AmericanHistory

  22. , 17 May 1988, Dr Patricia Bath was awarded the first of her three patents on the methods and equipment for laser cataract removal.

  23. , 8 May 1865, Dr Mary Harris Thompson founds the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children. At the time one of the city's two existing hospitals did not admit women as patients.

  24. #OnThisDay, 8 May 1865, Dr Mary Harris Thompson founds the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children. At the time one of the city's two existing hospitals did not admit women as patients.

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #AmericanHistory #Histodons

  25. #OnThisDay, 8 May 1865, Dr Mary Harris Thompson founds the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children. At the time one of the city's two existing hospitals did not admit women as patients.

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #AmericanHistory #Histodons

  26. #OnThisDay, 8 May 1865, Dr Mary Harris Thompson founds the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children. At the time one of the city's two existing hospitals did not admit women as patients.

    #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #AmericanHistory #Histodons