October 3, 1904

“Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.” Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune opens her first school for black students in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Mary McLeod Bethune | Library of Congress: https://www.wdl.org/en/item/4013/
Mary McLeod Bethune-| Cookman University- History: http://www.cookman.edu/about_bcu/history/
Mary McLeod Bethune | Quotes: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/mary_mcleod_bethune

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December 21, 1944

Frances Wills and Harriet Pickens became the first female African-American U.S. Navy officers.

March 29, 1920

Alene Duerk First Admiral in U.S. Navy and Nurse is born.

July 2, 1959

On July 2, 1959 Wendy Barrien Lawrence Helicopter Pilot is born.

“As a society we will be judged by the quality of the life that we foster for all members of the community and we compassion we show for the disadvantaged.”

"As a society we will be judged by the quality of the life that we foster for all members of the community and we compassion we show for the disadvantaged." On March 2, 1948 Carmen Mary Lawrence is born. She was the first woman to become Premier of a State of the Commonwealth of Australia.

“I don’t make music for eyes, I make music for ears” Adele

On May 5, 1988 Adele Adkins English Singer-Songwriter is born. […]

August 8, 2018

Vanessa Wyche becomes the first black deputy director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

September 1, 2017

Priscillah Mabelane becomes the first woman in the history of South Africa’s oil industry to head a multi-national company.

September 12, 1840

Mary Jane Patterson the first African-American woman to receive a B.A degree in 1862 is born.

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