History helps us learn who we are, but when we don’t know our own history, our power and dreams are immediately diminished. The National Women’s History Project recognizes and celebrates the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing informational services and educational and promotional materials. In honoring and celebrating women across the world, Carole Argo lists some of the Top Highlights in US Women’s History for the month of February

1. February 2016
February Highlights in
U.S. Women’s History
Presentation by Carole Argo

2. History helps us learn who we are, but when
we don’t know our own history, our power
and dreams are immediately diminished. —
The National Women’s History Project

3. The National Women’s History Project
❖ The National Women’s History
Project recognizes and
celebrates the diverse and
historic accomplishments of
women by providing
informational services and
educational and promotional
materials.
Source: http://www.nwhp.org/our-mission-statement/

4. In honoring and celebrating women
across the world, here are some of
the Top Highlights in US Women’s
History in the month of February
Source: http://www.nwhp.org/events/february/

5. Source: http://www.nwhp.org/events/february/
Feb. 1, 1978
❖ First postage stamp to honor a
black woman, Harriet
Tubman, is issued in
Washington, DC.
Image Source: Pinterest

6. Source: http://www.nwhp.org/events/february/
Feb. 4, 1987
❖ First “National Women in
Sports Day” is celebrated by
Presidential Proclamation.
Image Source: Pinterest

7. Source: http://www.nwhp.org/events/february/
Feb. 11, 1989
❖ Rev. Barbara Harris became
the first women bishop in the
American Episcopal Church
and in the Anglican
Communion worldwide.
Image Source: www.episcopalarchives.org/

8. February 12, 1869
❖ The Utah Territorial
Legislature passes a bill
allowing women to vote.
Source: http://www.nwhp.org/events/february/
Image Source: http://www.heraldnet.com/

9. February 15, 1921
❖ The Suffrage Monument,
depicting Susan B. Anthony,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and
Lucretia Mott, sculpted by
Adelaide Johnson, is dedicated
to the U.S. Capitol.
Source: http://www.nwhp.org/events/february/
Image Source: http://newyorkhistoryblog.org/

10. February 15, 1953
❖ Tenley Albright became the
first American women to win
the World Figure Skating
championship.
Source: http://www.nwhp.org/events/february/
Image Source: http://gofigureskating.com/

11. February 17, 1870
❖ Esther Hobart Morris in
Wyoming became the first
American woman Justice of the
Peace.
Source: http://www.nwhp.org/events/february/
Image Source: http://www.uwyo.edu/

12. February 24, 1912
❖ Henrietta Szold founds
Hadassah, the largest Jewish
organization in American
history, focusing on healthcare
and education in Israel and the
U.S.
Source: http://www.nwhp.org/events/february/
Image Source: https://www.kintera.org

13. February 24, 1967
❖ Jocelyn Bell Burnell makes the
first discovery of a pulsar, a
rapidly rotating neutron star.
Source: http://www.nwhp.org/events/february/
Image Source: Pinterest

14. February 27, 1922
❖ U.S. Supreme Court upholds
the 19th Amendment to the
Constitution, which guarantees
women the right to vote.
Source: http://www.nwhp.org/events/february/
Image Source: www.wikipedia.org

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