Throughout history, women's achievements have often been downplayed or overlooked.
As part of WPLN's efforts to empower women, we aim to recognize the women who came before us.
Here's what women in the past accomplished throughout history during the month of November
- NOVEMBER 18, 1787: Abolitionist and women's right activist Sojourner Truth is born on this day in 1787.
- NOVEMBER 12, 1815: Suffragist leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton is born on this day in 1815.
- NOVEMBER 26, 1832: Mary Walker is born on this day in 1832; she would later win the Congressional Medal of Honor for her services in the American Civil War, and she is still the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor.
- NOVEMBER 29, 1875: Nellie Tayloe Ross is born on this day in 1875; she would later become the first woman governor in 1925 when she was elected governor of Wyoming.
- NOVEMBER 18, 1945: Wilma Mankiller is born on this day in 1945; she would in 1985 become the first woman to lead a Native tribe when she was elected to serve as chief of the Cherokee Nation.
- NOVEMBER 14, 1954: Condoleezza Rice is born on this day in 1954; she would in 2005 become the first black woman and the second woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State.
- NOVEMBER 5, 1968: Shirley Chisolm became the first black woman elected to Congress on this day in 1968.
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