1675
Arts
Birth of Rosalba Carriera in Venice
Rosalba Carriera was born in Venice on October 7, 1675, to a modest family of a lace-maker and a civil servant.
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32 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1849
1884
Science
Patent granted for window-raising device
Strong was granted a U.S. patent for a device to raise and lower hard-to-reach windows, one of her earliest documented inventions.
View details1893
Literature
Birth of Alice Dalgliesh
Alice Dalgliesh was born on October 7, 1893, in Trinidad, British West Indies.
View details1904
Science
Death of Isabella Bird
Isabella Bird died at age 72 in Edinburgh, Scotland, having lived an extraordinary life of travel, writing, and geographical achievement.
View details1907
Literature
Helen MacInnes is born
Helen MacInnes, later known as a prominent espionage novelist, is born in Glasgow, Scotland.
View details1909
Literature
Birth of Anni Blomqvist
Anni Blomqvist was born in Vårdö, Åland on October 7, 1909.
View details1925
Science
Death of Christy Mathewson
Christy Mathewson died of tuberculosis-related complications in Saranac Lake, New York, at age 45.
View details1928
Medicine
Lorna Wing's Birth
Lorna Wing was born in Gillingham, Kent, England, marking the birth of a future pioneer in autism research.
View details1943
Literature
Death of Radclyffe Hall
Radclyffe Hall died on October 7, 1943, in London due to bowel cancer.
View details1950
Sports
Final representative match: Preston Ladies beat Scotland 11–1
Parr played her final documented representative match on 7 October 1950, scoring in an 11–1 win for Preston Ladies over Scotland, closing an elite career of roughly 1,000 goals.
View details1953
Arts
Premiere of 'Life with Elizabeth' — first woman to produce a sitcom
'Life with Elizabeth,' produced and starred in by Betty White, premiered in syndication, making her the first woman to produce a sitcom in the U.S.
View details1967
Politics
Birth in Caracas, Venezuela
María Corina Machado was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to Henrique Machado Zuloaga and Corina Parisca Pérez.
View details1993
Literature
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
First African-American woman to win the Nobel in Literature.
View details1995
Science
Induction into National Women’s Hall of Fame
Inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame for engineering contributions.
View details1997
Activism
Systematization of Marian doctrine in late 20th century
Pope John Paul II deepens Marian doctrinal teachings.
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Arts
Debut as Weekend Update co-anchor on Saturday Night Live
Tina Fey's debut as Weekend Update co-anchor on SNL expanded her role.
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Aviation
TIME obituary recognizing McGrath’s historic first
TIME magazine’s 7 Oct 2002 “Milestones” obituary honors McGrath as the first woman ever to command a U.S. Navy warship.
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Science
Induction into the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame
Inducted into the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame as a scientist, inventor, and executive for her NASA Glenn achievements.
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Literature
Announcement of Nobel Prize in Literature 2004
The Swedish Academy announced Elfriede Jelinek as the laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2004.
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Literature
First Austrian woman Nobel laureate in Literature
Jelinek became the first Austrian woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Science
Assassination of Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow
Shot dead at close range in the elevator of her Moscow apartment building in a contract-style killing linked to her Chechnya reporting.
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Medicine
Induction into National Women’s Hall of Fame
Anne Sullivan entered the National Women’s Hall of Fame posthumously.
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Science
Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Ada Yonath was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on October 7, 2009, for her work on ribosomes.
View details2011
Politics
First Arab woman and Yemeni Nobel Peace laureate
Tawakkol Karman became the first Yemeni and Arab woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Activism
Announcement of 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
Tawakkol Karman was announced as a co-recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Politics
Announcement of Nobel Peace Prize award
On October 7, 2011, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was announced as a Nobel Peace Prize awardee.
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Activism
Global media recognition following Nobel announcement
Al Jazeera profiles Leymah Gbowee post-Nobel Prize announcement, underscoring her peace leadership.
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Activism
Global media recognition following Nobel announcement
Global media profile Leymah Gbowee after Nobel Peace Prize announcement, highlighting her leadership in peace efforts.
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Activism
Announcement of Nobel Peace Prize for Leymah Gbowee
Leymah Gbowee jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for non-violent struggle for women's safety and peace-building.
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Science
Proclaimed Doctor of the Church
Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed Hildegard of Bingen a Doctor of the Church, one of only a few women ever to receive this title.
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Science
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier were awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing.
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