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We are grateful to have Susan Butruille supply us with dates in Women's History.  Susan is the award-winning author of Tamarack Books' Women's Voices series: Women's Voices from the Oregon Trail (1993), Women's Voices from the Western Frontier (1995), and Women's Voices from the Mother Lode: Tales from the California Gold Rush (1998). 

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Important Dates in Women's History
by Susan G. Butruille
 
March is Women's History HerStory Month!

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  • March 1 Matronalia, Roman celebration of women and celebration of Juno-Lucina, protector of women and the family. Temple fires welcomed the coming of spring.
  • March 1, 1864 Rebecca Lee of Boston, MA became the first African American woman to earn a medical degree.
  • March 2 Roman festival of Vesta, Goddess of purifying fire. Vestal virgins were independent women who were priestesses of Vesta. The ancient meaning of “virgin” was “one within,” signifying an independent woman.
  • March 3 Hina Matsuri, Japanese Doll Festival, dedicated to the three Munakata goddesses, daughters of Amaterasu, the Sun.
  • March 4 1933: Frances Perkins is sworn in as Secretary of Labor, first woman in U.S. cabinet.
  • March 4, 1917 Peace activist and suffragist Jeanette Rankin became the first woman elected to the US House of Representatives.
  • March 7, 1870 Wyoming women allowed on juries; the right later was taken away until the 1950s, when women once again were admitted to serve.
  • March 8, 1908 First International Women's Day, founded by German labor activist Clara Zetkin.
  • March 9 Holi (Hindu), spring festival dedicated to the god of pleasure.
  • March 10 Mothering Day (England), the original Mother’s Day. It was the custom to visit one’s mother on this day and present her with bread and presents.
  • March 10 Hypatia’s Day, honoring the scholar of the University of Alexandria. A pagan, Hypatia was murdered by a mob of monks because she was a woman who taught men.
  • March 10, 1913 Death of Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad conductor who rescued more than 300 of her people from slavery.
  • March 12, 1993 Janet Reno became the first woman US Attorney General.
  • March 20, 1925 Birth of Romana Banuelos, first Mexican American woman to serve as US Treasurer.
  • March 22, 1972 Equal Rights Amendment passed by Congress and sent to states for ratification.
  • March 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City. Nearly 146 workers died, mostly immigrant women. Many were trapped because of locked exits.
  • March 30 Feast of Eostra, German Goddess of rebirth and fertility. This festival inspired the Christian Easter.
  • Mar 31, 1776 Abigail Adams wrote her famous "Remember the ladies" letter to her husband, John, urging him to include women as he helped construct the US Constitution. He didn't.
 
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