| 11-21 TABLE of CONTENTS:
Herstory Quiz
DATES, ANNIVERSARIES, and
EVENTS
QUOTE by
Marge Piercy.
Quiz
Question:
What do the following women have in common?
Anna
Mae Hays,
Elizabeth P. Hoisington.,
Wilma L. Vaught,
Connie L. Slewitzke,
Mildred C. Bailey,
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Evelyn
P. Foote,
Sarah P. Wells,
Myrna J. Williamson,
Jeanne M. Holm.
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Answer:
Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington on 06-09-1970 became the first
WOMEN Brigadier General in the history of the United States and the others
also served as Brigadier Generals in either the U.S. Army of U.S. Air Force.
This is NOT a full list of all the women who have gained the rank of Brig.
General or better. See Military Women at
this site for more information and little-known, interesting facts about
women's military history.
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11-21 DATES, ANNIVERSARIES, and
EVENTS
B. 11-21-1835, Henrietta Howland Green, (Hetty
Green), miserly financial genius believed to have been the richest
woman in the United States, called the Witch of Wall Street because
of her ability to make huge sums of money while living and raising her
children at poverty level. Since she lent money to over-extended financiers,
the witch appellate may have been as a result of her ability to threaten
foreclosures and the fear of her calling in loans. Inherited $10 million
and invested it into more than $100 million.
B. 11-21-1850, Isabel Florence Hapgood, pioneer
translator of Russian literature in bringing Tolstoy, Dostoevski and
Chekhov to English readers. Editorial writer for the magazine Nation.
B. 11-21-1870, Mary Johnston, reputed friend
of Ellen Glasgow, novelist of extraordinary
power wrote primarily Virginia period pieces although her works became
more complex as time went on. She was a active suffragist and peace advocate.
Her second novel, To Have and To Hold was a runaway bestseller in
1900. In all she published more than 20 novels and had one play produced
on Broadway, The Goddess of Reason.
B. 11-21-1894, Cecil Murray Harden,
in 1948 became the first woman elected U.S. Representative
to Congress.
B. 11-21-1902, Phoebe Jane Fairgrave Omlie,
aviator, used an inheritance at age 17
to buy her own plane and then sold stunt flying to a movie studio to justify
the expense. Her mother supported her endeavors. Her diminutive size handicapped
her.
She and her husband did barn-storming, which included
walking on wings and other death-defying acts that were the mainstays of
early aviation exhibitions. She was the first woman to get a federal pilot's
license.
With Amelia Earhart she painted markers on roofs throughout
the country that guided pilots to the nearest airport (long before radar
and plane-to-ground radios); headed and coordinated a project to train
5,000 airport ground personnel. She also opened a school for the training
of women instructors after the Civilian Pilot Training schools fired all
women instructors. They then tried to hire the women back to put Omlie
out of business.
B. 11-21-1904, Louise Yim, Korean active
in establishment of the Interim government and underground leader against
Japan, founder and president of Central Women's College in Seoul.
B. 11-21-1943?38, Marlo Thomas, actor,
feminist.
B. 11-21-1945, Goldie Hawn, actor and comedic
talent who went from TV as the Laugh-In airhead to an Academy Award
for her supporting role in Cactus Flower (1969) and has become one
of the most respected actors and film producers in Hollywood. Her Private
Benjamin (1980) is a classic for all times.
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QUOTES DU JOUR
PIERCY, MARGE:
"All women hustle. Women watch faces, voices, gestures, moods. She's
the person who has to survive through cunning."
-- Marge Piercy, Small Changes, 1973
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