SIWDC Calendar of Events
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First postage stamp to honor a black woman, Harriet Tubman, is issued in Washington, DC (1978) |
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Birth of Elizabeth Blackwell, first certified woman doctor (1821) |
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Birth of Rosa Parks, who sparked the 1960s Civil Rights movement (1913)
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Ash Wednesday |
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First convention of National Women's Political Caucus meets in Houston, TX (1973) |
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Eleanor Roosevelt becomes first chair of the President's Commission on the Status of Women (1962) |
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5:30 pmSoroptimist Board Meeting |
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Valentine's Day |
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Tenley Albright is the first American woman to win the world figure skating championship (1953) |
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Birth of Julia De Burgos, Puerto Rican poet and journalist (1914) |
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RSVP
for Business Meeting - Regrets OnlyPresident's Day |
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5:30 pmNEW LOCATION! Soroptimist Business Meeting |
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5:00 pmMt. Carmel House |
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Birth of Ida Cox, jazz pioneer who wrote and sang "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues." (1896) |
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6:00 pmSAFE Art Auction and Gala ($20) 213 E St NE |
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Birth of Mary Lyon, founder in 1837 of Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, the first women's college (1797)
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