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On this day in women’s history…

Posted by bean | March 6th, 2004

March 6

1906: (Birthday) Nora Stanton Blatch, the daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, one of the pioneers of women’s rights in the US, herself a suffragist becomes the first member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

1933: (A First) Eleanor Roosevelt hosts her first news conference for female reporters at the White House.

1937: (Birthday) Lt. Col Valentina Tereschkova born in Russia. Tereschkova orbited the earth 48 times aboard Vostok VI for almost three days (June 16 - 19, 1963). She manually controlled the space craft for part of the time. The first American woman allowed to touch a space craft’s controls was co-pilot Eileen Collins in February of 1995, thirty-two years later. The first American woman, Dr. Sally Ride, went into space as a crew member June 18, 1983, twenty years after Terschkova.

1971: (Birthday) Bean, feminist activist, editor of Expository Magazine, and co-blogger on Alas, A Blog, born in Cheektowaga, NY, outside of Buffalo.

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8 Responses to “On this day in women’s history…”

  1. Ampersand Writes:
    March 6th, 2004 at 6:53 am

    Yay! On this day is back!

    Oh, and Happy Birthday!

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  2. PinkDreamPoppies Writes:
    March 6th, 2004 at 10:35 am

    Happy Birthday, bean! Best wishes for your new year.

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  3. JRC Writes:
    March 6th, 2004 at 11:16 am

    Happy Birthday, Bean!

    If I was any good at ascii art, I’d draw you a cake, but, as I’m not, many wishes of chocolate gooeyness will have to suffice.

    —JRC

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  4. Timothy Kleint Writes:
    March 6th, 2004 at 3:16 pm

    Hey, Bean has the same birthday as my syster.

    Happy Birthday, Bean!

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  5. Carol in Trees Writes:
    March 6th, 2004 at 5:36 pm

    Happy On This Day Bean!!!!!!

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  6. Jimmy Ho Writes:
    March 6th, 2004 at 8:16 pm

    Bean, a quick “Happy Birthday” to you from Taipei.

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  7. Echidne Writes:
    March 6th, 2004 at 9:53 pm

    Three cheers for bean! I had the best baclava I’ve ever had in your honor!

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  8. Hestia Writes:
    March 7th, 2004 at 5:58 pm

    Many happy returns, Bean. In the words of my favorite/least favorite birthday song (sung with variable enthusiasm):

    Happy happy birthday
    From Applebee’s to you.
    We wish it was our birthday
    So we could party too. Hey!

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