Highlights in September
Post date: Sep 5, 2013 10:45:00 PM
Celebrate Anniversary of the Signing of the Constitution -
Constitution Day September 17th
Celebrate - September 15 to October 15
Hispanic Heritage Month
September Highlights in US Women's History
September 12, 1910 - Alice Stebbins Wells, a former social worker, becomes the first woman police officer with arrest powers in the U.S. (Los Angeles, CA)
September 14, 1964 - Helen Keller receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom along with 4 other women: Dr. Lena Edwards, Lynn Fontainne, Dr. Helen Taussig, and Leontyne Price
September 14, 1975 - Elizabeth Ann Seton is canonized and becomes the first American-born saint, founded the first U.S. Order of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph
September 20, 1973 - Billie Jean King defeats Bobby "No-Broad-Can-Beat-Me" Riggs in the battle of the sexes tennis match
September 25, 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as the first woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice
September 26, 1971 - Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-New York) announces she will enter the Democratic presidential primaries
September 26, 1973 - Capt. Lorraine Potter, an American Baptist minister, becomes the first woman U.S. Air Force chaplain
September 29, 1988 - Stacy Allison becomes first American woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest
For more information and resources visit: Hispanic Heritage Resources
To celebrate Constitution Day visit:
Women's Rights and Women's Equality Day Resources
Celebrating Women & Democracy Kit
Celebrating Women & Democracy Speech/Powerpoint
National Women's History Project
730 Second Street #469
Santa Rosa, CA 95402
http://www.nwhp.org
(707) 636-2888
nwhp@nwhp.org