Global Women's History

Eartha Kitt American Singer is born.

Born June 12, 1929. Anne Frank, Dutch Author and Holocaust […]

Jill Scott American Singer-Songwriter is born.

Eileen Chang 張愛玲 Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter was born.

Erika James became the first black dean of Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

María Félix Mexican Film Actress is born.

Hattie McDaniel American Actress becomes first black person to win an Oscar.

Tulsi Gabbard U.S. Representative and first Hindu member of Congress is born.

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."

Leslie Marmon Silko American write is born.

Zora Neale Hurston American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker was born.

Catherine de Medici Italian noblewoman and Queen consort of France was born.

Gladys Mae West is inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame.

Anne Lister an English landowner and diarist and first known modern lesbian is born.

Allyson Feniz becomes the record holder for most gold medals at the track and field World Championships.

Lilly Appelbaum Malnik Holocaust Survivor is born in Antwerp, Belgium.