today in women's herstory--18 may
May 18
This Day in Women's History.
1474: Isabella d'Este born (Renaissance arts patron)
1851: Marie Josepha Mergler born (physician, surgeon)
1852: Gertrude Käsebier born (photographer)
1869: Rachelle Yarros born (physician, reformer, Hull House resident)
1889 – Isabella Glyn, Scottish actress (b. 1823)
1919 – Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer
1953 – Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
1955 – Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)
1970 – Tina Fey, American actress
1973: Jeannette Rankin died (first woman elected to the U.S. Congress; suffragist, peace activist)
1978 Italy legalizes abortion
1991: Helen Sharman became the first British astronaut ( story)
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/05calendar/a/0518calendar.htm
