24 indexed achievements across recorded history.
At age 30, gravely ill, Julian experienced sixteen visions of Christ's Passion that became the foundation of her later book, the earliest surviving English-language work by a woman.
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On May 13, 1884, Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary is renamed Spelman Seminary, honoring Laura Spelman Rockefeller and her abolitionist family.
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Inge Lehmann was born on May 13, 1888, in Copenhagen, Denmark, into a progressive, intellectually engaged family.
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The Sacred Twenty initiate comprehensive nursing and training programs for the Navy.
View detailsThe Sacred Twenty become the first female members to officially serve in the U.S. Navy.
View detailsThe first cadre of Navy nurses, led by Esther Voorhees Hasson, is formed.
View detailsPresident Theodore Roosevelt signs the Naval Appropriations Bill, establishing the Navy Nurse Corps.
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Balasaraswati was born on May 13, 1918, in Madras (now Chennai), into the illustrious Tanjore-based devadasi hereditary musical lineage.
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The cover 'Rose Trimmed Hat' by McMein was part of the May 13, 1919 issue of the Saturday Evening Post.
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Pulitzer Prize awarded to Willa Cather for "One of Ours."
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Miller landed in Brisbane after a solo Pacific crossing, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.
View detailsMiller’s solo Pacific crossing was also recognized as a navigator-free east-to-west record flight.
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Sister Thea Bowman received her Ph.D. in English from the Catholic University of America.
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Listed as a participant in Soyuz T-5 mission logs on May 13, 1982.
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Selma Diamond died of lung cancer on May 13, 1985, in Los Angeles, California.
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Became the first woman to summit Mount Everest unaided and without supplemental oxygen.
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Died in Washington, D.C., ending a career that helped define modern American editorial journalism.
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Irene Morgan Kirkaldy was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal at the White House, honoring her 1944 stand against segregation.
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Mimi Parent died in Paris, France, on May 13, 2005, at the age of 80, ending a decades-long career as a leading woman of Surrealism.
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Robinson took command of USNORTHCOM and NORAD, becoming the first woman in U.S. history to lead a unified combatant command.
View detailsTIME and other outlets reported Robinson's USNORTHCOM appointment as a milestone: first woman ever to serve as a U.S. combatant commander.
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Alice Munro died on May 13, 2024, at age 92 in Port Hope, Ontario, after living with dementia in her final years.
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