January 1, 1992Death of Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, credited
with development of the COBOL system of computer language.
January 3, 1793Birth of Lucretia Mott, Quaker minister who, with Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, organized the first women's rights convention
in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848.
January 6, 1412Birth
of Joan of Arc, heroine of the siege of Orleans who saved
the French crown of Charles VII. Later convicted in an English
court for challenging male authority and wearing men's clothes,
she was burned as a heretic in 1431.
January 7, 1901
(?) Birth of Zora Neal Hurston, African-American novelist,
folklorist, who was exonerated for running a red light after
she explained, "I had seen white folks pass on green so
I assumed the red light was for me."
January 8, 1859Birth
of world traveler and adventurer Fannie Bullock Workman,
who carried a "Votes for Women" banner into the Himalayas
on one of her many climbing expeditions. At age 53, she was
still clambering around the Himalayas at 20,000 feet with her
husband.
January 11, 1885 Birth
of Alice Paul, shy young radical leader of the revitalized
campaign for woman suffrage in 1913, and author of the Equal
Rights Amendment in 1923.
January 12, 1932Hattie
Caray (D-Arkansas) became the first woman elected to the
US Senate.
January 22, 1973 The
US Supreme Court legalized abortion in the Roe vs. Wade decision.
January 25, 1851Abolitionist
and reformer Sojourner Truth addressed the first Black
Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.
January 26, 1872Birth
of Julia Morgan, first female member of the American Institute
of Architects, and architect of more than 800 structures including
the famous Hearst Castle.
January 27Birth
day of Ruth Hendricks Greffenius, educator, poet, and mother
of Susan G. Butruille.
