| All around the world, International Women's Day is | | | | bank. |
| celebrated on March 8. From small, informal gatherings | | | | ___ Edith Wharton was the first American woman |
| to large, highly-organized events, this day honors | | | | novelist to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction. It was |
| women of the past, present, and future as it inspires | | | | awarded for her novel, The Age of Innocence. |
| all women to achieve their full potential. For Women's | | | | ___ All American women were granted the right to |
| History Month, then, let's pay homage to some of | | | | vote by the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. |
| America's women. | | | | ___ Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman |
| ___ Virginia Dare was the first person born in | | | | governor, being elected to replace her deceased |
| America to English parents. It happened in Roanoke | | | | husband in Wyoming. |
| Island, VA. | | | | ___ Janet Gaynor became the first woman to |
| ___ Anne Bradstreet's book of poems was published | | | | receive the Academy Award for Best Actress in a |
| in England, thus making her the first published | | | | Leading Role. |
| American woman writer. | | | | ___ Jackie Mitchell was signed to be a pitcher for |
| ___ Mary Katherine Goddard became the first | | | | the Chattanooga Baseball Club, thus making her the |
| woman postmaster in the country. It was in | | | | first woman in organized baseball. |
| Baltimore. | | | | ___ Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo |
| ___ Deborah Samson enlisted in the 4th | | | | across the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Massachusetts Regiment disguised as a man because | | | | ___ Frances Perkins was appointed Secretary of |
| women were not allowed to fight as soldiers during | | | | Labor, thus making her the first woman member of a |
| the Revolutionary War. | | | | presidential cabinet. |
| ___ Mother Bernardina Matthews established a | | | | ___ Lettie Pate Whitehead became the first |
| Carmelite convent near Port Tobacco, MD, the first | | | | American woman director of a major corporation. It |
| community of Roman Catholic nuns in the original | | | | was the Coca-Cola Company. |
| Thirteen Colonies. | | | | ___ Annie G. Fox was the first woman to receive |
| ___ Anne Parrish established the House of Industry | | | | the Purple Heart. |
| in Philadelphia, the first charitable organization for | | | | ___ Jerrie Cobb was the first Americn woman to |
| women in America. | | | | undergo astronaut testing. |
| ___ Mary Kies became the first woman to receive a | | | | ___ Birth control pills were approved by the Food |
| patent. It was for a method of weaving straw with | | | | and Drug Administration. |
| silk. | | | | ___ Muriel Siebert was the first woman to own a |
| ___ Elizabeth Blackwell received her M.D. degree | | | | seat on the New York Stock Exchange. |
| from the Medical Institution of Geneva, NY, thus | | | | ___ Susan Lynn Roley and Joanne E. Pierce became |
| making her the first woman doctor. | | | | the first women FBI agents. |
| ___ Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was awarded a Medal | | | | ___ Dr. Sally K. Ride became the first American |
| of Honor for her service as a surgeon during the Civil | | | | woman in space. |
| War, the only woman to receive this highest military | | | | ___ Dr. Antonia Novello was sworn in as the first |
| award. | | | | woman, and Hispanic, U.S. Surgeon General. |
| ___ Frances Elizabeth Willard became the president | | | | ___ Lt. Kendra Williams, USN, became the first U.S. |
| of Evanston College, thus making her the first | | | | woman combat pilot to bomb an enemy target. It |
| woman college president. | | | | was during Operation Desert Fox in Iraq. |
| ___ Victoria Claflin Woodhull was nominated to be | | | | ___ Julia Roberts became the first actress to earn |
| President of the United States by the Equal Rights | | | | the same top-dollar amount as men for starring in a |
| Party, thus making her the first woman presidential | | | | movie. |
| candidate. | | | | ___ Nancy Pelosi became the first woman Speaker |
| ___ Belva Ann Lockwood became the first woman | | | | of the House of Representatives. |
| lawyer to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme | | | | Activities |
| Court. | | | | 1. I intentionally left out the dates so your children |
| ___ Susanna Madora Salter became the first woman | | | | can do the research and create a timeline. |
| elected mayor. It happened in Argonia, KS. | | | | 2. Categorize the events above and list the |
| ___ Alice Guy Blache, as the first American woman | | | | appropriate women's names in each. |
| film director, shoots her first film, La Fee aux Choux | | | | 3. Find out about other women by areas of interest |
| (The Cabbage Fairy). | | | | or decades. |
| ___ Women were first allowed to compete in the | | | | 4. Choose a country and find out about its women's |
| Olympics. They numbered 19 out of 1,225 athletes. | | | | progress. |
| ___ Kate Gleason became the first woman president | | | | Always believe in yourself!! |
| of the First National Bank of East Rochester, thus | | | | I hope these ideas are useful and have inspired your |
| making her the first woman president of a national | | | | own creativity. |