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Jeannette Rankin, First Woman in the United States Congress

Jeannette Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) is often remembered primarily for being the first woman elected into the U.S. Congress. However, her…

Tags: Congress, Congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin, Montana, Pacifism, War, Women

Zur Erinnerung an Anna Ottendorder, Anna Behr Uhl Ottendorfer, German Philanthropist, Zur Erinnerung an Anna Ottendorder, 1884

Anna Ottendorfer helped flourish the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, a newspaper for German-language citizens of the United States. It achieved mass…

Tags: Germany, Ottendorfer, Philanthropy, Women

YMCA, YWCA Timeline 1858-2013, Library of Congress, 1917

Established in 1858 as a voice for women's issues, The YWCA opened the first employment bureau for women several years later. That was only the…

Tags: Anti-Racism, Civil Rights, Timelines, VAWA, Women, Women's Suffrage, YWCA

WV Broadcasting, Colonel Ruby Bradley - US Army Nurse, WV Broadcasting, 1941

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Tags: Colonel Ruby Bradley, Korean War, Military Service, Nursing, Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Women, World War II

Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (Artist: Erik Hans Krause), Nurse the Baby, Library of Congress, 1938

This poster promotes proper child care and breastfeeding technique, encouraging women to talk to their doctor and educate themselves through Health…

Tags: Child Care, FDR, Federal Arts Project, Posters, Women, WPA

Wikimedia Commons, Florence Nightingale Medal, International Committee of the Red Cross, Unknown

The Florence Nightingale Medal is a bi-annual award given out by the International Committee of the Red Cross. It is the highest international…

Tags: Award, International, Medicine, Nursing, Women

WHYY - PBS - NJ Spotlight, Sadaf Jaffer, First Muslim Woman to serve as US Mayor, NJ Spotlight, May-19

From her website: Sadaf Jaffer is a scholar, activist, and elected official. Dr. Jaffer is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University…

Tags: Islam, Mayor, New Jersey, Pakistani-American, South Asia, Women

White House, INSPIRE Women Act, Wikimedia Commons, 2/28/2017

The Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers Act (H.R. 321), or INSPIRE Women Act, was introduced by Representative…

Tags: Congress, Education, Legislation, Science, Women

Washington Post, Shane Morris - Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals Finalist 2012, Washington Post, 2012

Diplomatic Courier Shane Morris played a crucial behind-the-scenes role for the State Department during the Arab Spring uprisings in 2011, ensuring…

Tags: Arab Spring, Awards, Diplomacy, Middle East, Shane Morris, State Department, Women

US House Office of Photography, Kyrsten Sinema, First Openly Bisexual Person elected to US Senate, US Congress, August of 2018

From Wikipedia: Kyrsten Sinema is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Arizona since 2019. A member of the…

Tags: Arizona, House of Representatives, LGBT, US Senator, Women