March 1, 1864 Rebecca
Lee of Boston, MA became the first African American woman
to earn a medical degree.
March 4Mothering Day
(England), the original Mother’s Day. It was the custom
to visit one’s mother on this day and present her with bread
and presents.
March 4, 1917Peace activist
and suffragist Jeanette Rankin became the first woman elected
to the US House of Representatives.
March 7, 1870Wyoming
women allowed on juries; the right later was taken away until
the 1950s, when women once again were admitted to serve.
March 10, 1913Death
of Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad conductor who rescued
more than 300 of her people from slavery.
March 12, 1993Janet Reno became the first woman US Attorney General.
