March is Women’s History Month! I thought this was the best time of the year to talk about how far women have come and the achievements they have made. Here are some achievements women have made in the last 50 years:
1903: Marie Curie becomes the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize.
1912: Girl Scouts of America is founded.
1920: Women in America are given the right to vote.
1932: Amelia Earhart flies solo across the Atlantic.
1942: Women serve in the armed forces during World War ll.
1955: Rose Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
1966: National Organization for Women is founded by Betty Goldstein Friedan.
1970: Betty Friedan leads the Women's Strike for Equality march.
1974: Isabel Martínez de Perón becomes the first female president in the world.
1975: Sharon Crews becomes the first female African American weather anchor on television.
1976: Barbara Walters becomes the first female nightly network news anchor.
1977: Janet Guthrie becomes the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500.
1978: Mary Clarke becomes the first woman promoted to major general in U.S. Army.
1979: Susan B. Anthony becomes the first woman honored on a U.S. coin.
1980: Women's History Week is officially recognized.
1981: Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first female Supreme Court Justice.
1983: Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
1984: Joan Benoit wins the first women's Olympic marathon.
1985: Penny Harrington becomes the first female police chief of a major U.S. city.
1987: Aretha Franklin becomes first woman introduced in the Rock & Rock Hall of Fame.
1994: The Church of England ordains its first female priests.
1997: Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State.
1998: Julie Taymor becomes the first woman to win the Tony Award for Best Director.
2007: Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
2010: Kathryn Bigelow becomes first woman to win Academy Award for Best Director.
2013: Mary Barra is named the first female CEO of a major automobile manufacturer.
2014: Mo'ne Davis becomes the first girl to pitch a Little League World Series shutout.
2015: Sarah Thomas becomes the first woman to referee for the NFL.
2016: Hillary Clinton becomes the first female presidential nominee.
2017: Peggy Whiston breaks the record for the most days spent in space.
2019: Activist Greta Thunberg arrives in New York after emissions-free voyage across the Atlantic.
- Ariana Sarraf
