Thank you for your hundreds upon hundreds of birthday wishes.  With such

encouragement it is easy to continue spreading the word about the 

notable and effective women throughout history and making that information

free and accessible on Internet. - Irene Zelinsky Stuber

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November 3, 1995 - Episode 462 - Women of Achievement and Herstory

                    compiled by Irene Stuber

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      Event Nov. 03, 1914, Nevada's men vote in women's suffrage six years

before the national franchise was ratified, thanks in great part to Anne

Henrietta Martin (B. 09-30-1875), who headed the history department at the

University of Nevada.  She took the leadership role in the campaign which

gave Nevada women the vote. 

      AHM was president of the militant National Woman's party, but joined

Carrie Chapman Catt and Janna Addams in their Woman's Peace party.  Her

writings were published in the leading magazines of the day. 

      AHM had been active with Emmeline Pankhurst in London, England, and

was arrested for demonstratiing there in 1910. Returning to Nevada, she led

the state suffrage amendment to victory Nov. 03, 1914. She ran for the U.S.

Senate from Nevada in 1918 and in 1920, bypassing the standard political

parties. She wrote extensively on women's rights and suffrage. 

      Her leadership role with the National Woman's Party and her experiences

with Pankhurst, some say, made her the dominant influence on Alice Paul next

to Lucy Burns.

11-03 Anniversaries ...........................................

      B. Nov. 03, 1841, Isabella MacDonald Alden, author of more than 120

religious, biblical studies and moral books, many of them for children. At her

peak she sold more than 100,000 books a year.  She was a staff member of

several Presbyterian magazines and an organizer with the Chautaugua

movement.

      B. Nov. 03, 1876, Mary Augusta Leavitt, physician, early authority on

anesthesia.

      B. Nov. 03, 1904, Jennie Lee, Baroness of Asheridge, Scott-born member

of the British parliament 1929-31, 1945-70.  Served as a member of the Labour

party cabinet.  Promoted the arts.

      B. Nov. 03, 1949, Ann Wintour, named editor _Vogue_ magazine, 1988.

Formerly editor-in-chief of _House & Garden_.

      B. Nov. 03, 1952, Roseanne Barr, comedic actor with the long-running TV

series which carries her name.  Her parents sold blankets and crucifixes door-

to-door.  In 1991 she revealed her father's sexual rapes of her as a child.

      Event  Nov. 03, 1970, Gertrude W. Donahey elected state treasurer,

becomes the first woman to hold an elected state office in Ohio.

      Event Nov. 03, 1977, after 34 years, the U.S. Congress finally granted

members of the Women's Auxilliary Service Pilots (WASPS) full veteran's

benefits.  In 1974 the National Organization for Women joined the campaign to

get full military honors and benefits for the more than 1200 women who

ferried military planes during WWII. The women  flew 50 million miles during

World War II and 39 lost their lives while on duty.  They received no military

benefits, had to provide their own clothing, medical care, and often their own

lodgings.  They received no death benefits, not even their burial expenses,

which had to be paid by their families.  On May 22, 1979, the surviving WASPS

- fewer than 800 - finally received official military status from the Defense

Department. The civilian men who flew side-by-side with the WASPS had

received insurance and the other military benefits that the women were

denied.

      Event Nov. 03, 1987, the growing acceptance of women as political

leaders was indicated by the reelection of Kathy Whitmire as mayor of Houston,

TX, and the elections of mayors Annette Strauss of Corpus Christi, TX, Betty

Turner of Charlotte, NC, and Carrie Saxon-Perry of Hartford, CT. 

      Event Nov. 03, 1987, Ann Dore McLaughlin, appointed Labor Secretary by

Pres. Ronald Reagan, was the second woman to hold that post.

      Event Nov. 03, 1990, Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes Prime Minister of

Norway for the third time  and appoints nine women in her 19-person cabinet.

She is a lifelong women's rights advocate. In 1995 she is still Prime Minister

of Norway.

Quotes du jour ................................................

      "Throughout this protracted and disgraceful assault on American

womanhood the clergy baptized each new insult and act of injustice in the

name of the Christian religion and uniformly asked God's blessing on

proceedings that would have put to shame an assembly of Hottentots."

            --Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1879.

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