End of Nero’s reign, closing Pamphile’s documented context
By 31 Dec 68 CE, Nero’s reign ended, marking the outer limit of the imperial period during which Pamphile of Epidaurus is known to have flourished.
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By 31 Dec 68 CE, Nero’s reign ended, marking the outer limit of the imperial period during which Pamphile of Epidaurus is known to have flourished.
View detailsBan Zhao died around 115 CE, ending the life of China's first known female historian; some sources place her death as late as c. 117–120 CE.
View detailsMarie Catherine Sophie de Flavigny was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to a French émigré noble father and a German banking-family mother.
View detailsFry's Newgate association expanded into a national organization, among the earliest women-led prison reform societies in Britain.
View detailsDorothy Catherine Draper posed for a daguerreotype made by her brother John William Draper, believed to be the first photographic portrait taken in the U.S.
View detailsDraper's portrait became recognized as the earliest surviving photographic portrait of a woman and the first woman ever to sit for a photograph.
View detailsMott's book 'Discourse on Woman' was published, compiling and expanding her decades of arguments for women's equality.
View detailsElizabeth Arden was born on December 31, 1881, in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada.
View detailsOn Dec 31, 1885, Josephine Cochrane filed her first U.S. patent application for a dish-washing machine as “J.G. Cochran.”
View detailsBy the end of 1894, Bascom had become the second woman elected as a member of the Geological Society of America.
View detailsSelma Hortense Burke was born in Mooresville, North Carolina, the seventh of ten children of Rev. Neil Burke and Mary Jackson Burke.
View detailsGwynne-Vaughan completed her tenure as Commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force at the close of 1919.
View detailsIrina Korschunow was born on December 31, 1925, in Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
View detailsBy the end of 1930, Bascom had been elected vice president of the Geological Society of America, the first woman to hold that office.
View detailsBy late 1933 she qualifies for her commercial license, becoming the youngest woman in the U.S. to hold a commercial pilot’s license.
View detailsDiane von Furstenberg was born in Brussels, Belgium, on December 31, 1946, to a Holocaust survivor mother and Greek-Jewish father.
View detailsDonna Summer was born on December 31, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts.
View detailsThe Associated Press selected Higgins as its Woman of the Year for 1951, recognizing her acclaimed Korean War reporting.
View detailsBy the end of 1962, the book had sold millions internationally.
View detailsBy December 31, 1964, Eugenie Anderson had completed her service as U.S. minister to Bulgaria, closing a pioneering mission behind the Iron Curtain.
View detailsWhile reporting from Vietnam for Newsday, Higgins contracted the tropical parasitic disease leishmaniasis and was evacuated to the U.S.
View detailsHelen introduced frank discussions of sex in women's magazines.
View detailsBirth of Turi Emma King in Nottingham, England, later a Canadian‑British geneticist and archaeologist known for leading the DNA identification of King Richard III.
View detailsBecame the first graduate in Astronomy from the University of Chile, a landmark first for Chilean science.
View detailsCompleted an M.Sc. in astronomy/astrophysics at Princeton, advancing toward a trailblazing research career.
View detailsMazumdar chaired the Committee on the Status of Women in India, whose 1974 report 'Towards Equality' transformed India's women's movement and policy.
View detailsBecame the first woman to earn a PhD in astrophysics at Princeton University, a landmark first.
View detailsJoined the University of Chile’s astronomy department, beginning a long academic career there.
View detailsFacing ovarian cancer, Governor Ella Grasso resigns from office, ending her historic tenure before completing her second term.
View detailsAppeared on the cover of Life magazine as America's first IVF-conceived baby, cementing her place in national media history.
View detailsFerraro was named Time magazine’s Woman of the Year for 1984.
View detailsNamed the country’s top female amateur athlete of 1986 after her breakout skating season.
View detailsAnnie Easley retired from NASA in 1989 after a 34-year career that took her from human computer to senior computer scientist and rocket technologist.
View detailsBenham retired as President of Printon Kane Research in 1992.
View detailsReceived Chile’s Cátedra Presidencial en Ciencias, a major recognition of her scientific leadership.
View detailsWon Chile’s National Prize for Exact Sciences, becoming the first woman to receive it.
View detailsKatie Hnida dressed for Colorado in the Insight.com Bowl vs. Boston College, becoming the first woman ever to dress for a bowl game.
View detailsBelle Kogan died on December 31, 2000, at the age of 98, in Norwich, Connecticut.
View detailsAwarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, recognizing the international significance of her astronomy research.
View detailsFOX3 mutations in humans causing IPEX syndrome identified by Brunkow and Ramsdell.
View detailsPublication on FOXP3 mutations linking to scurfy disease and IPEX in humans.
View detailsBy 2012-12-31, Rosie Napravnik’s mounts earn over $12.4 million, making her the first female jockey to surpass $10 million in single-year earnings.
View detailsIrina Korschunow passed away on December 31, 2013, in Munich, Germany.
View detailsBetty White died at her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, at age 99, just weeks before her 100th birthday.
View detailsChatGPT achieved 100 million users under Mira Murati's leadership, setting a growth record.
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