Observation of total solar eclipse
Eimmart observed and recorded the total solar eclipse from Nuremberg on 12 May 1706.
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Eimmart observed and recorded the total solar eclipse from Nuremberg on 12 May 1706.
View detailsBassi received her laurea (doctorate of philosophy) from the University of Bologna, becoming one of the first women in Europe with a university doctorate.
View detailsFounder of modern nursing is born to a wealthy British family.
View detailsInherited approximately £1.8 million from her step-grandmother Harriot, Duchess of St Albans, becoming reportedly the richest woman in England.
View detailsOn 12 May 1857, Zakrzewska co-founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children, widely recognized as the first U.S. hospital staffed and run entirely by women.
View detailsEleanor Florence Rathbone was born in Liverpool into a prominent family renowned for philanthropy and social reform.
View detailsMildred Helen McAfee was born in Parkville, Missouri, on 12 May 1900.
View detailsZakrzewska died on 12 May 1902 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, after a career that helped open American medicine to women physicians and nurses.
View detailsKatharine Houghton Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to Dr. Thomas Norval Hepburn and Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn.
View detailsOn May 12, 1907, Anna Jarvis held a memorial service for her late mother in Grafton, West Virginia, launching her national campaign for Mother's Day.
View detailsDorothy Mary Crowfoot was born in Cairo, Egypt, to British parents John Winter Crowfoot and Grace Mary Hood.
View detailsDorothy Mary Crowfoot was born in Cairo, Egypt, to British parents working in the Egyptian Education Service.
View detailsNew Yorkers organized the Birth Control League on May 12, 1915, institutionalizing support for the birth control cause.
View detailsMary Kathlyn Wagner was born in Hot Wells, Texas, on May 12, 1918, later becoming one of America's most influential female entrepreneurs.
View detailsBeryl Burton was born on May 12, 1937, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
View detailsBegins work that leads to the first compiler and, later, COBOL.
View detailsEmma Bailey holds her first auction in Brattleboro, Vermont, selling a rocking chair and becoming the first American woman auctioneer.
View detailsPresented her groundbreaking analysis proving Maya glyphs recorded real historical events and rulers, revolutionizing Maya archaeology.
View detailsDeath of Nelly Sachs in Stockholm on 12 May 1970, after a life as a refugee, poet, and Nobel laureate.
View detailsBette Nesmith Graham died in Richardson, Texas, age 56.
View detailsBev Francis achieved a 570.0 kg total in the 82.5 kg class at the City of Adelaide Championships.
View detailsSelena releases "Entre a Mi Mundo," her breakthrough album in Mexican and U.S. Latin markets, selling over 300,000 copies.
View detailsBooker's solo outdoor exhibition of large-scale tire sculptures opened at Storm King Art Center in New Windsor, New York.
View detailsWiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences formally awarded to Carol W. Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn at Rockefeller University.
View detailsIrena Sendler died at age 98 in Warsaw, Poland, remembered as a humanitarian who saved approximately 2,500 Jewish children during the Holocaust.
View detailsBooker's solo exhibition "The Observance" concluded its two-month run at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.
View detailsKatie speaks at MAC Luncheon as first female Blue Angels pilot.
View detailsThe Event Horizon Telescope collaboration released the first image of Sagittarius A*, with Bouman part of the team.
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