1584
Medicine
Marriage to Martin Boursier
Louise Bourgeois married barber-surgeon Martin Boursier on 30 December 1584, an event recorded in parish registers that integrated her into Paris's surgical-medical milieu.
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28 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1738
Science
Assumed Control of the South Carolina Gazette
After her husband Lewis Timothy's sudden death, Elizabeth Timothy took over the South Carolina Gazette, becoming America's first female newspaper editor and publisher.
View details1816
Literature
Marriage to Percy Bysshe Shelley
Mary Godwin and Percy Bysshe Shelley marry at St Mildred’s Church, London.
View details1846
Science
First woman awarded the Gold Medal of the Prussian Academy of Sciences
At age 96, Herschel became the first woman awarded the Gold Medal of Science by the Prussian Academy of Sciences, on the recommendation of Alexander von Humboldt.
View details1848
1902
Science
Compound rotary engine patented, beginning a late-career engineering series
US Patent 716,903, the first in a series of rotary engine and motor patents Knight developed in her sixties.
View details1905
Activism
Birth of Rachel Henderlite
Birth of Rachel Henderlite in Henderson, North Carolina, to Presbyterian minister James Henry Henderlite and Nelle Crow Henderlite.
View details1906
Activism
Death of Angela Burdett-Coutts
Died in London aged 92; given a rare public funeral and burial in Westminster Abbey in recognition of her philanthropic legacy.
View details1906
Activism
Death of Josephine Butler
Josephine Butler died at Wooler, Northumberland, England, at age 78, after a lifetime of campaigning for women's rights and social justice.
View details1906
Activism
Death of Angela Burdett-Coutts
Angela Burdett-Coutts passed away on December 30, 1906, in London.
View details1912
Sports
Birth of Lily Margaret Wade
Lily Margaret Wade was born in McCool, Attala County, Mississippi.
View details1913
1924
Science
Birth of Yvonne Madelaine Claeys (Yvonne Brill)
Yvonne Madelaine Claeys (later Brill) was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
View details1929
Arts
Birth of Sally Fox (photographer)
Birth of Sally Fox (née Cherniavsky), future photographer, picture editor, and collector of women’s historical images.
View details1930
Science
Birth of Tu Youyou
Tu Youyou was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, later becoming known for discovering artemisinin.
View details1938
Arts
Susan Abel Maxman is born in Columbus, Ohio
Birth of Susan Abel Maxman in Columbus, Ohio, who later became the first woman elected president of the American Institute of Architects.
View details1939
Literature
Birth of Glenda Adams
Glenda Adams was born on December 30, 1939, in Ryde, NSW, Australia.
View details1943
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1960
Science
Patent Filing: Data Processing System (US 3,253,262)
Berezin filed a key patent later cited by the National Inventors Hall of Fame as a milestone in business computer systems.
View details1980
Arts
Death of Dorothy P. Lathrop
Dorothy P. Lathrop passed away in Falls Village, Connecticut.
View details1983
Sports
Death of Violette Cordery
Violette Cordery passed away, leaving a legacy in women's motorsport.
View details2002
Science
Died in Totnes, Devon, aged 90
Mary Wesley died of leukaemia on 30 December 2002 at her home near Totnes, Devon, England, aged 90, having published ten bestselling novels after age 70.
View details2011
Literature
Death of Eleanor Ross Taylor
Eleanor Ross Taylor passed away on December 30, 2011.
View details2012
Medicine
Death of Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini died in Rome at 103 on 30 Dec 2012.
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Sports
First woman to act as NBA head coach in a regular-season game
Hammon took over as acting head coach after Gregg Popovich's ejection, a first for a woman in NBA regular-season history.
View details2022
Science
Death of Barbara Walters
Barbara Walters died on December 30, 2022, in New York City at age 93.
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