705: Selma Lagerlöf Teacher and Author Born: 20 November 1858, Östra Emterwik, Sweden Died: 16 March 1940, Mårbacka, Sweden Selma was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She was also the first Swedish person to win the Nobel. She started writing poetry as a child, but didn’t publish until later…
704: Constance Kent Murderess Who Brought Priest/Penitent Privilege to the Forefront Born: 6 February 1844, Rowde, (Also spelled Road or Rode), Wiltshire, United Kingdom Died: 10 April 1944, Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia Also Known As: Ruth Emilie Kaye Constance murdered her four-year-old half-brother when she was sixteen. She was arrested immediately after the crime…
703: Dorothy Kamenshek All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Player Born: 21 December 1925, Norwood, Ohio, United States of America Died: 17 May 2010, Palm Desert, California, United States of America Also Known As: Dottie or Kammie Dottie played softball around town as a kid and was spotted by the AAGPBL at the age of seventeen….
702: Joanne Winter All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Player Born: 24 November 1924, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America Died: 22 September 1996, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America Also Known As: Jo or Joanie Jo played from 1943 to 1950 for the Racine Belles. She ranks third of seven players who had more than…
701: Janet Wojcicki Anthropologist and Epidemiologist Born: 8 January 1970, California, United States of America Janet’s sisters are the CEOs of YouTube (Susan) and 23andMe (Anne). Janet’s main study is obesity and how it develops in large populations. She has also studied the link between nutritional factors and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa and the link…
700: Peggy Whitson Oldest Female Astronaut in Space to Date Born: 9 February 1960, Mount Ayr, Iowa, United States of America Peggy went up for the final time at the age of fifty-six. She is also a biochemistry researcher. Peggy also holds the United States record for longest cumulative time in space (665 days). She…
699: Dorothy Ferguson Key All American Girls Professional Baseball League Player Born: 17 February 1923, Virden, Manitoba, Canada Died: 8 May 2003, Rockford, Illinois, United States of America Also Known As: Dottie Dottie played for the Rockford Peaches and the Peoria Redwings from 1945 to 1954 until the AAGPBL disbanded. She was also a speed…
“I’ll probably be remembered as a crowd favorite, a little crazy. I always had fun.” 698: Faye Dancer All American Girls Professional Baseball League Player Born: 24 April 1925, Santa Monica, California, United States of America Died: 22 May 2002, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Faye’s nickname was All the Way Faye because…
697: Claire Schillace Donahoe All American Girls Professional Baseball League Player Born: 29 March 1921, Melrose Park, Illinois, United States of America Died: 17 January 1999, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America Also Known As: Clara Claire played for the Racine Belles from 1943 to 1946. She was twenty-one years old when she began to…
696: Toni Palermo All American Girls Professional Baseball League Player Born: 1934, Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America Also Known As: Peanuts Toni played for the Chicago Colleens and the Springfield Sallies during the 1949 and 1950 seasons. She started playing softball when she was eleven years old and was fourteen when she began…