Condoleezza Rice

Women's History Month

Harriet Tubman

There are hundreds of women that contributed to making America the great place that it is.  Below are some of the great Women that helped shape America as we know it. 

1932 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, traveling from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to Ireland in approximately 15 hours.

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1983 - Dr. Sally K. Ride becomes the first American woman to be sent into space.

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1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor is appointed by President Reagan to the Supreme Court, making her its first woman justice.

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2007 - Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) becomes the first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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If you still don't believe me then you can go to multiple sights to see even more about these wonderful women in our past and present.  Remember women can do things just as good as men can.  

 Additional Sites for Women's History Month Research

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/index.html

http://home.earthlink.net/%7Esharynh/WBPolitics.htm#Government

http://www.nwhp.org/resourcecenter/biographycenter.php

http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php