On this day in history…

1870: (A First) Wyoming’s Esther Morris is appointed a Justice of the Peace – the first woman to serve in that capacity in the USA. Morris was also an active women’s rights campaigner.

1906: (Birth) Pauline Frederick Robbins, pioneering female TV and radio journalist. Among other firsts, she was the first woman to moderate a presidential debate.

1943: (Birth): Feminist scholar and theologian Elaine Pagels.

1945: (Death) Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah Women, the largest Jewish organization in American history. As the founder and director of the Youth Aliyah Agency, Szold was responsible for the rescue of over 22,000 Jewish children from the Nazis.

1962: (A First) Eleanor Roosevelt becomes first chair of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women.

edited by bean for corrections.