#OnThisDay, 15 Jan 1908, Ethel Hedgemon Lyle and others form the Alpha Kappa Alpha sonority house at Howard university – the first US university house for Black women.
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#OnThisDay, 15 Jan 1908, Ethel Hedgemon Lyle and others form the Alpha Kappa Alpha sonority house at Howard university – the first US university house for Black women.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 13 Jan 1972, Bernice Gera wins her discrimination case against the National Association of Baseball Leagues for refusing her contract on the ground women could not be baseball umpires.
She resigns after her first game as an umpire, citing the level of harassment she received on and off the field.
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#OnThisDay, 13 Jan 1972, Bernice Gera wins her discrimination case against the National Association of Baseball Leagues for refusing her contract on the ground women could not be baseball umpires.
She resigns after her first game as an umpire, citing the level of harassment she received on and off the field.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
"The time has passed when a woman should be placed in a position and kept there only while someone else is being groomed for the job."
#OnThisDay, 12 Jan 1932, Hattie Wyatt Caraway wins a special US Senate election to become the first woman elected to the Senate. She won 92% of the vote.
She was a Southern Democrat. Though she was progressive on women’s rights, she voted against anti-lynching laws that could have protected Black people.
"The time has passed when a woman should be placed in a position and kept there only while someone else is being groomed for the job."
#OnThisDay, 12 Jan 1932, Hattie Wyatt Caraway wins a special US Senate election to become the first woman elected to the Senate. She won 92% of the vote.
She was a Southern Democrat. Though she was progressive on women’s rights, she voted against anti-lynching laws that could have protected Black people.
#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1935, Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to California.
Earhart was an aviation pioneer, and set many records before her plane was lost in the Pacific in 1937.
#WomenPilots #HistoryOfFlight #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1935, Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to California.
Earhart was an aviation pioneer, and set many records before her plane was lost in the Pacific in 1937.
#WomenPilots #HistoryOfFlight #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 7 Jan 1955, Marian Anderson becomes the first Black soloist to sing at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
In the 1930s, she'd sung at the Lincoln Memorial in DC after being barred from performing at Constitution Hall due to her race.
Listen to her sing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68_5ZEtM_fQ
Learn more about her: https://carvehername.org.uk/eight-famous-women-singers/
#WomenInMusic #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 7 Jan 1955, Marian Anderson becomes the first Black soloist to sing at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
In the 1930s, she'd sung at the Lincoln Memorial in DC after being barred from performing at Constitution Hall due to her race.
Listen to her sing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68_5ZEtM_fQ
Learn more about her: https://carvehername.org.uk/eight-famous-women-singers/
#WomenInMusic #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 3 Jan 1985, Leontyne Price gives her final operatic stage performance, as Aida at the New York Met.
Price was the first African American to be given a leading role at La Scala, and has 19 Grammy awards.
Read more about famous opera singers like Price: https://carvehername.org.uk/eight-famous-women-singers/
Watch a song from her farewell performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HvM1lDUdw
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenOnStage #AmericanHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 3 Jan 1985, Leontyne Price gives her final operatic stage performance, as Aida at the New York Met.
Price was the first African American to be given a leading role at La Scala, and has 19 Grammy awards.
Read more about famous opera singers like Price: https://carvehername.org.uk/eight-famous-women-singers/
Watch a song from her farewell performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HvM1lDUdw
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenOnStage #AmericanHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 2 Jan 1969, Lorraine Hansberry's posthumous autobiographical play 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' opens off-Broadway in New York City.
Its run inspires her friend Nina Simone to write the song of the same name.
Listen to Simone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hdVFiANBTk
#LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 2 Jan 1969, Lorraine Hansberry's posthumous autobiographical play 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' opens off-Broadway in New York City.
Its run inspires her friend Nina Simone to write the song of the same name.
Listen to Simone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hdVFiANBTk
#LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 14 Dec 1985, Wilma Mankiller was sworn in as Chief of the Cherokee Nation. She went to serve two more terms as Chief.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
Carol Quillen, #NationalTrust’s CEO said she did not have a “hard objection” to a #WhiteHouse #ballroom — so long as its size, materials & design were consistent with the White House & did not overshadow the main building. It is the National Trust’s job, she said, to preserve #Americanhistory, particularly at the White House, given the building’s iconic status & central role. She noted that the org has also brought legal challenges to past admins’ construction projects.
#OnThisDay, 13 Dec 1983, Martha Layne Collins became Governor of Kentucky, USA. She was the first woman to hold the role, and no further women have governed the state.
Her husband was later convicted for peddling influence and accepting kickbacks during her time in office.
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#OnThisDay, 14 Dec 1985, Wilma Mankiller was sworn in as Chief of the Cherokee Nation. She went to serve two more terms as Chief.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
