1881
Arts
Birth of Gena Branscombe
Gena Branscombe was born on November 4, 1881, in Picton, Ontario, Canada.
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28 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1884
Science
Patent granted for hook and eye device
Strong received a U.S. patent for a hook-and-eye fastening device, one of five documented patents in her name.
View details1897
Science
Birth of Janaki Ammal
Janaki Ammal is born on November 4, 1897, in Tellicherry, Kerala, India.
View details1916
Politics
Birth of Ruth Handler
Born in Denver, Colorado, Ruth Handler would become the inventor of Barbie and a pioneering toy industry executive.
View details1921
Science
Birth of Mary Sherman Morgan
Mary Sherman Morgan was born in Ray, North Dakota, USA.
View details1924
Politics
First woman elected governor of a U.S. state
Wyoming voters elected Nellie Tayloe Ross governor in a special election, making her the first woman elected governor in the United States.
View details1942
Science
Born in Harlem, New York
Patricia Era Bath born in Harlem, New York City, to a father who was a train conductor and merchant seaman and a mother descended from enslaved Africans and Cherokee ancestry.
View details1952
Politics
First election of Ella Grasso to the Connecticut House of Representatives
Ella T. Grasso wins her first election, to the Connecticut House of Representatives, beginning her legislative career.
View details1958
Politics
Election of Ella Grasso as Secretary of the State of Connecticut
Ella T. Grasso is elected Secretary of the State of Connecticut, beginning over a decade in statewide executive office.
View details1958
Politics
Election to Hawaii Territorial Senate
Mink won election to the Hawaii Territorial Senate.
View details1968
Science
First African-American female artist at Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth II
Warwick performed at a Royal Command Performance before Queen Elizabeth II in London, a first for an African-American female artist.
View details1980
Activism
Death of Elsie MacGill
MacGill died in Toronto after a lifetime of barrier-breaking work in aviation, engineering, and women’s equality.
View details1986
Law
Removed from the California Supreme Court in historic retention election defeat
Rose Bird was defeated in a retention election on November 4, 1986, becoming the first chief justice in California history voted out of office.
View details1988
Literature
Elected to the Académie Française
In 1988, Jacqueline de Romilly became the second woman elected to the Académie Française.
View details1991
Politics
End of term as Premier
Rita Johnston's premiership ended on November 4, 1991, concluding her historic term.
View details1998
Science
Death in New York City
Marion Donovan died of heart disease on November 4, 1998, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, at age 81.
View details1999
Activism
Death of Daisy Bates
Daisy Bates dies in Little Rock, Arkansas, at age 84, after decades as a civil rights leader, journalist, and desegregation advocate.
View details2006
Literature
Death of Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey passed away on November 4, 2006, in Fresno, California.
View details2007
Science
Wins but is denied office as President of Santa María Quiegolani
Won the municipal election in her hometown on Nov 4, 2007, but her victory was annulled because she was a woman.
View details2008
Politics
Participation in 2008 U.S. presidential election
McCain–Palin ticket lost U.S. presidential election to Obama and Biden.
View details2009
Medicine
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize announcement for Greider
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize Foundation announces Blackburn and Greider as 2009 prize recipients for telomerase research.
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Sports
First woman to coach a professional men’s basketball team
Named head coach of the Texas Legends, becoming the first woman ever to coach a professional men’s basketball team.
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Science
Filed EP-2496644 on biodegradable polyester-natural polymer mixtures
European patent application EP-2496644 filed by Novamont, naming Catia Bastioli as inventor, covering biodegradable polyester blends with natural polymers.
View details2011
Literature
Norman Mailer Prize for Distinguished Writing
Roy was honored with the Norman Mailer Prize for Distinguished Writing at a New York awards ceremony.
View details2017
Literature
Der Faust Theatre Prize for Lifetime Achievement
Received the German theatre prize Der Faust for lifetime achievement.
View details2019
Science
PTAB hearing includes testimony from Anna Stork
A USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board hearing on November 4, 2019 included sworn testimony from Anna Stork as a named inventor on the '629 patent.
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Arts
"Surface Pressure" Opens at Sarasota Art Museum
Booker's exhibition "Surface Pressure" opened at Sarasota Art Museum, presenting a range of her tire and mixed-media sculptures.
View details2024
Science
Joined Simons Foundation Board of Trustees
The Simons Foundation announced that Jill Pipher had joined its Board of Trustees.
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