441: Willie Mallory Protective Mother and Victim of American Eugenics Birth and Death Dates Unknown, As Are Locations You can still read copies of the “Willie Mallory Complaint” in a PDF format online in the category of Buck V Bell Documents under Reading Room on the Georgia State University Law School Archive. I listed the…
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440) Constance Markievicz
Constance’s advice to women interesting in joining the revolution? “Dress suitably in short skirts and strong boots, leave your jewels in the bank, and buy a revolver.” 440: Constance Markievicz The First Woman Elected to Britain’s Parliament But She Refused to Take Her Seat Born: 4 February 1868, Westminster, London, United Kingdom (Though she was…
439) Doris Bohrer
439: Doris Bohrer Allied Spy during World War II Born: 5 February 1923, Basin, Wyoming, United States of America Died: 9 August 2016, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America Doris worked in helping plan the invasion of Sicily and also tracking movements of concentration camp victims. Doris reportedly asked for a hand grenade and…
438) Rachel Wall
438: Rachel Wall American Pirate Born: c.1760, The Colony of Pennsylvania (Present-day Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States of America) Died: 8 October 1789, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Rachel left home at the age of sixteen and worked for a time as a domestic servant before her on-again-off-again boyfriend convinced her to become a pirate…
437) Tsai Ing-wen
437: Tsai Ing-Wen Former President of the Republic of China (also known as Taiwan) Born: 31 August 1956, Taipei, Taiwan Tsai is a lawyer and legal scholar. In 1984, she earned her PhD in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. Tsai was re-elected president to a second term in 2020, and…
436) Lucie Aubrac
436: Lucie Aubrac World War II Schoolteacher and Member of the French Resistance Born: 29 June 1912, Châtenay-sur-Seine, France Died: 14 March 2007, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France In 1938, Lucie was awarded the highest degree one can earn in France, the agrégation in history, before becoming a schoolteacher. Her husband’s original last name (and her married name)…
435) Maxine Dale
435: Maxine Dale World War II Veteran, Machinist, and More Born: 25 May 1920, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 15 December 1999, Houston, Texas, United States of America Born Name: Ora Maxine Gill Maxine served in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II as a courier. Before her enlistment she worked…
434) Anna D Allen
434: Anna D Allen World War II Veteran and Teacher Born: 12 September 1913, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 1 July 2000, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States of America Anna served as a WAVES during World War II (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services) and worked as a schoolteacher in Pennsylvania and…
433) Captain Mildred H McAfee Horton
433: Capt. Mildred H McAfee Horton WAVES Director (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services) Born: 12 May 1900, Parkville, Missouri, United States of America Died: 2 September 1994, Berlin, New Hampshire, United States of America Mildred was appointed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1942. For her service to her country, Mildred was awarded the…
432) Althea Gibson
“What Jackie Robinson did for baseball by being in the Brooklyn Dodgers’s starting lineup at first base on April 15, 1947, Althea Gibson did for tennis when she made her historic debut, defeating Barbara Knapp, 6-2, 6-2, in the first round.” -International Tennis Hall of Fame 432: Althea Gibson Groundbreaking Tennis and Golf Player Born:…