today in women's herstory-1 may
May 1
This Day in Women's History
1751: Judith Sargent Stevens Murray born (writer)
1830: Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) claimed this as her birthdate (more recent research suggests August 1 is the actual date) (labor organizer)
1852?: Martha Cannary Burke ( Calamity Jane) born (Western explorer, autobiographer)
1855: Cecilia Beaux born ( painter)
1855: Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell were married by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and issued a statement denouncing the loss of a woman's rights upon marriage.
1864: Ann M. Jarvis born ( Mother's Day promoter)
1874: Romaine Brooks born (artist)
1875: Harriet Quimby born (journalist, aviator) [or May 11]
1881: May Massee born (translator, editor, children's books)
1889: International Workers' Congress declared May 1 as a public holiday, May Day
1909: Kate Smith born (singer, television personality)
1917: Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War writes to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee
1939: Judy Collins (singer)
1985: a bronze statue of Jeannette Rankin, first woman elected to the United States Congress, was added to the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol
Quote for Today
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/05calendar/a/0501calendar.htm