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