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Politics
Wounded at Orléans
Joan of Arc was wounded leading an assault during the siege of Orléans.
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18 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1845
Medicine
Birth of Mary Eliza Mahony
Mary Eliza Mahony was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her birthdate is primarily recorded as May 7, 1845.
View details1866
1920
Sports
Plays in first recognised women's international football match
Parr played for Dick, Kerr Ladies as England beat France 4–0 at Deepdale, Preston, in what is widely regarded as the first recognised women's international football match.
View details1927
Literature
Born in Cologne, Germany
Ruth Prawer was born to a Jewish family in Cologne, Germany, on May 7, 1927.
View details1929
Science
Birth of Sally Liberman Smith
Sally Liberman Smith was born on May 7, 1929, in Washington, D.C.
View details1930
Arts
Born in Hartford, Connecticut
Totie Fields was born Sophie Feldman on May 7, 1930, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents.
View details1940
Literature
Birth of Angela Carter
Angela Carter was born on May 7, 1940, in Sussex, England.
View details1941
Arts
Wins Robert Woods Bliss prize for landscape painting
Jones's painting 'Indian Shops, Gay Head, Massachusetts' won the Robert Woods Bliss prize at the Corcoran Gallery's 10th Biennial, though she had to hide her race.
View details1943
Literature
'The Fountainhead' published
Bobbs-Merrill published Rand's novel with a modest 7,500-copy first printing; it became a slow-building bestseller and cultural phenomenon.
View details1945
Medicine
First Navy flight nurse to land at Okinawa
Jane Kendeigh lands at Okinawa, expanding her role in wartime evacuations.
View details1951
Literature
First woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
Higgins became the first woman awarded a Pulitzer Prize in the International Reporting category, honored for her Korean War coverage.
View details1965
Science
First woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Became the first woman elected to NAE, pioneering in engineering.
View details1976
Exploration
First American woman to attempt Everest
Blum joins the American Bicentennial Everest Expedition, becoming the first American woman to attempt Mount Everest.
View details1980
Activism
Early organizing of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
Grassroots organizing begins in California for Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, an early milestone in the formation of MADD.
View details1982
Sports
Women's World Powerlifting Championships victory (82.5 kg class)
Bev Francis won the Women's World Powerlifting Championships with a 497.5 kg total in the 82.5 kg class, part of her six consecutive world titles.
View details1983
Sports
World-record total at Women's World Powerlifting Championships (82.5 kg class)
Bev Francis set a world-record total of 577.5 kg in the 82.5 kg class at the Women's World Powerlifting Championships.
View details2011
Sports
Historic Kentucky Derby ride on Pants On Fire
Rosie Napravnik rides Pants On Fire to a ninth-place finish in the Kentucky Derby on 2011-05-07, the best Derby finish by a female jockey to that date.
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