25 indexed achievements across recorded history.
Rosalía de Castro published Cantares Gallegos on 17 May 1863, the first major poetry collection written in Galician, launching the Rexurdimento movement.
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Birth of Dorothy Richardson, pioneering British author, in Abingdon, Berkshire.
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Samuel Gompers appointed Mary Kenney as the AFL's first female general organizer, a landmark moment for women in the American labor movement.
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Mary Kenner was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, marking the beginning of a pioneering inventor's life.
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Barbour helped found the South Govan Women's Housing Association to organise tenants against wartime rent increases in Glasgow.
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The New York Times reported on May 17, 1925, that Sabin had become the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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Julia Peterkin won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction on May 17, 1929, for her novel 'Scarlet Sister Mary'.
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Hazel Reid O'Leary was born in Newport News, Virginia, later becoming a lawyer, energy regulator, utility executive, and U.S. Secretary of Energy.
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Johanna Elberskirchen passed away on May 17, 1943.
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On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision cited the Clarks' doll-study research on the psychological harms of segregation.
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U.S. Patent for wire-frame furniture structure granted to Charles and Ray Eames.
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Mercouri won the Best Actress award at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival for her role as Ilya in 'Never on Sunday'.
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Katharine Anne "Katie" Hnida was born in Littleton, Colorado, on May 17, 1981.
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Jeannette Ridlon Piccard died in Minneapolis, closing a life marked by aviation and ecclesiastical firsts.
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Ruby Payne-Scott died on 25 May 1981 in Sydney, Australia, having lived long enough to see her contributions to radio astronomy increasingly recognized.
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Sister Thea Bowman was diagnosed with breast cancer, beginning a six‑year public witness of ministry while living with terminal illness.
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Granted US Patent 4,744,360 for the Laserphaco Probe, a laser device to remove cataracts, making Bath the first African-American woman physician to hold a medical patent.
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Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer passed away in 2004 after a significant career in natural sciences.
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Sejima and Nishizawa received the Pritzker Prize bronze medallion and citation at a formal ceremony held on Ellis Island, New York Harbor.
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Became the first woman to climb all 14 eight-thousanders on May 17, 2010.
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The Queen's visit to Ireland marked a peace-building milestone.
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Matthews' Soccket invention was highlighted in institutional coverage describing her as a young inventor who created the energy-generating ball while in college.
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A memorial service commemorating Krystyna Skarbek's life and wartime service was held at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in London.
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Gina Haspel was confirmed as Director of the CIA, first woman in this role.
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