Birth of Edith Wharton
Edith Newbold Jones was born in Manhattan, New York City, to a wealthy old New York family.
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Edith Newbold Jones was born in Manhattan, New York City, to a wealthy old New York family.
View detailsMarguerite Durand was born on January 24, 1864, in Paris.
View detailsSofia became the first woman to be awarded a doctorate in mathematics.
View detailsVicki Baum was born on January 24, 1888, in Vienna, Austria.
View detailsLydia Mei was born in Tallinn, Estonia, into a family that would produce three notable avant-garde sisters.
View detailsSusanna Bökönyi was born on January 24, 1907, in Hungary, later achieving fame as one of the tallest recorded people with dwarfism.
View detailsDoris Haddock was born on January 24, 1910, in Laconia, New Hampshire.
View detailsBondfield appointed as the first female Parliamentary Secretary.
View detailsRuth Aiko Asawa was born in Norwalk, California on January 24, 1926.
View detailsRebecca Latimer Felton died of pneumonia in Atlanta, Georgia.
View detailsEmily Cheney Neville won the Newbery Medal for her novel "It's Like This, Cat" on January 24, 1964.
View detailsIndira Gandhi was formally sworn in as India's Prime Minister.
View detailsShe is awarded the Culture Prize of Basel-Stadt for her artistic achievements.
View detailsSworn in as Portland Police Chief on Jan. 24, 1985, becoming the first woman to lead a major U.S. police department.
View detailsWon National Book Critics Circle Award for "Voices from Chernobyl."
View detailsDocumentary "Sonita" wins Sundance World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize.
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