today in women's herstory--24 august

August 24
This Day in Women's History

1552 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)

1707 – Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English religious leader (d. 1791)

1750 – Letizia Ramolino, French mother of Napoleon (d. 1836)

1758 – Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1794)

1816: Eliza Trimble Thompson born (temperance reformer)

1860: Laura Drake Gill born (educator)

1895: Carol Weiss King born (lawyer; defended many radicals)

1901: Clara L. Maass died (nurse)

1904 – Mary Burchell, British activist and author (d. 1986)

1904 – Alice White, American actress (d. 1983)

1920: Tennessee certifies ratification of the 19th Amendment

1923 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66

1929 – Betty Dodson, American sex educator and author

1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).

1937 – Susan Sheehan, American writer

1945 – Ronee Blakley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

1947 – Anne Archer, American actress

1950 – Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.



http://womenshistory.about.com/od/08calendar/a/0824calendar.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_24

http://www.historyorb.com/day/august/24?p=3