This section began as a celebration of March and Women’s History Month; it continues as a regular feature because there are so many unrecognized women who have made major contributions to history.
American dogsledder and first woman to win the Iditarod, 1985
The Iditarod is a grueling 1152-mile trans-Alaska dogsled race in which male mushers dominated until 1985 when Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the annual race.
Libby Riddles (1956- ) Read More »
Sharpshooter who presented an early image of a powerful woman While Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey) is a familiar name to all Americans, she is included here to recognize
Annie Oakley (1860-1926) Read More »
Achieved many basketball firsts.
Nancy Lieberman was the first high school student, male or female, to make a U.S. Olympic basketball team.
Nancy Lieberman (1958- ) Read More »
Edith Houghton played baseball as a youngster and grew up to be the first woman hired to be a scout for a major league baseball team. Edith Houghton was 10
Edith Houghton: First Woman Baseball Scout Read More »
First American woman to win 3 Olympic gold medals in track and field, 1960 Wilma Rudolph was born in St. Bethlehem, Tennessee, and she weighed only 4 lbs 8 oz;
Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994) Read More »
The deaths of 146 immigrant workers — three-quarters of them female — occurred on March 25, 1911, in one tragic workplace catastrophe, The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
The Triangle Factory Fire and Why It Matters Today Read More »
