Women in History

November

November 1:  In 1848, Boston Female Medical School is established.

November 4: In 1992, Carol Moseley-Braun becomes the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

November 6: In 1987, Tania Aebi completes a solo 27-month sailing voyage around the world.

November 12: Born in 1815, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, suffrage leader and freethinker.

November 26: In 1792, Sarah Grimke, abolitionist and suffragist is born.

November 27: Born in 1875, pioneering anthropologist and teacher, Elsi Clews Parsons.

November 28: Born in 1853, Helen Magill White, educator and first U.S. woman to earn a Ph.D. (1877).

November 29: Born in 1876, Nellie Tayloe Ross, first female U.S. governor (Wyoming 1925-27) and director of the Mint.

November 30: Born in 1924, Shirley Chisholm, first black U.S. congresswoman and presidential candidate.

From: Women Who Dare(Library of Congress)