1864
Medicine
Captured by Confederate forces
Captured by Confederates in Georgia, suspected as a spy.
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15 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1864
Medicine
Captured by Confederates and exchanged as first woman officer POW-for-officer
Walker was captured while treating civilians and later exchanged as the first woman officer POW-for-officer.
View details1870
Science
Founding of La Siempreviva, pioneering women's society and school
Rita Cetina co-founded La Siempreviva in Mérida in 1870, a literary society and school promoting women's education and rights in Yucatán.
View details1880
Science
Birth of Frances Perkins
Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins) was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
View details1906
1910
Literature
Birth of Margaret Antoinette Clapp
Birth of Margaret Antoinette Clapp in East Orange, New Jersey.
View details1922
Activism
Death of Florence Howe Hall in High Bridge, New Jersey
Florence Howe Hall died on April 10, 1922, in High Bridge, New Jersey, closing a lifetime of suffrage activism and literary work.
View details1931
Arts
Second Julius Rosenwald Fund Fellowship
Savage received a second Julius Rosenwald Fund Fellowship, further supporting her sculpture work and study.
View details1941
Literature
Death of Dorothy Wilde
Dorothy Wilde died on April 10, 1941, in London, England.
View details1960
Arts
Birth of Ruth E. Carter in Springfield, Massachusetts
Birth of Ruth E. Carter in Springfield, Massachusetts, future trailblazing, two-time Oscar-winning costume designer.
View details1968
Arts
Second Academy Award for Best Actress — Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Hepburn won her second Best Actress Oscar at the 40th Academy Awards for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967).
View details1979
Activism
Birth of Rachel Corrie
Rachel Aliene Corrie was born in Olympia, Washington, United States.
View details2019
Science
Public recognition for black-hole imaging role
The black-hole image release made Bouman a visible public face of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration.
View details2019
Science
First image of a black hole released
The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration announced the first image of a black hole, with Bouman as a key contributor.
View details2021
Science
Biographical entry on Theano in women's mathematicians database
Biographies of Women Mathematicians updates entry on Theano, detailing her Pythagorean role.
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