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March 29, 1928 – Joan Kelly is born. She was a leading Italian Renaissance historian and challenged dominant notions of women’s roles during that time. (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/01/womens-history-month-31-days-amazing-women/98489868/)
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March 28, 1982 – First NCAA women’s college basketball national championship game: Louisiana Tech vs. Cheyney 76-62. (Before it was the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.) (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/01/womens-history-month-31-days-amazing-women/98489868/) March 27, 1924 – Margaret Butler is born. She was the first female fellow at the American Nuclear Society and advocated for women in science and math fields. (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/01/womens-history-month-31-days-amazing-women/98489868/)
March 26, 1930 – Sandra Day O’Connor is born. She became the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice in 1981. (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/01/womens-history-month-31-days-amazing-women/98489868/) March 23, 1924 – Bette Nesmith Graham is born. She invented Liquid Paper correction fluid, a brand of white-out. (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/01/womens-history-month-31-days-amazing-women/98489868/ Katsuko Saruhashi was a Japanese geochemist who made some of the first measurements of carbon dioxide levels in seawater and subsequently showed the evidence in seawater and the atmosphere of the dangers of radioactive fallout. March 21, 1986 – Debi Thomas becomes the first African-American woman to win the World Figure Skating Championship (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/01/womens-history-month-31-days-amazing-women/98489868/) March 20, 1982 – Joan Jett’s I Love Rock 'n Roll hits No. 1 on Billboard charts. Jett is a pioneer for female rock musicians. (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/01/womens-history-month-31-days-amazing-women/98489868/) March 19, 1947 – Glenn Close is born. A multi-time Emmy, Tony and Oscars Award winner, she has also advocated for women's and LGBT rights. (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/01/womens-history-month-31-days-amazing-women/98489868/) March 16, 1850 – Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is published. Hawthorne’s work explored women’s societal roles in Puritan Boston. (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/01/womens-history-month-31-days-amazing-women/98489868/) |
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