todaysdocument: Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson in Japan, May 22, 1953 (Fourteen years after then-First Lady Roosevelt’s historic resignation letter in support of Anderson.)
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Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson in Japan, May 22, 1953

(Fourteen years after then-First Lady Roosevelt’s historic resignation letter in support of Anderson.)

Source: research.archives.gov

Happy 75th birthday Madeleine Albright! Madeleine Albright was the first woman to become U.S. Secretary of State.  Upon her unanimous Senate confirmation in 1997, she was the highest ranking woman in the history of the American government.  On this day in 1937, our 64th Secretary of State was born.  Photo gallery- Madeleine Albright and President Clinton Portrait courtesy of the traveling exhibit, Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection
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Happy 75th birthday Madeleine Albright!

Madeleine Albright was the first woman to become U.S. Secretary of State.  Upon her unanimous Senate confirmation in 1997, she was the highest ranking woman in the history of the American government. 

On this day in 1937, our 64th Secretary of State was born. 

Photo gallery- Madeleine Albright and President Clinton

Portrait courtesy of the traveling exhibit, Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection


Source: secretary.state.gov

First Moms Lou Henry Hoover is a big history crush for us.  Ever a maverick, Lou was a tomboy, a scientist, and the first woman to major in geology at Stanford.  After she married Herbert Hoover, the two traveled to China, Burma, Japan, Egypt, Australia, and New Zealand. As a mother, Lou traveled the world with her young children.  After giving birth to their first son, Herbert Jr., in 1903, Lou was ready to travel within five weeks. The baby, a nurse, and the Hoovers left for Australia with baby Herbert in a traveling basket.  By the time Herbert Jr. was one year old, he had been around the world twice. Here is portrait Lou Hoover with Allan and Herbert Jr. in London, England, 1908. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there.  And thanks for the adventures! -from the Hoover Library
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Lou Henry Hoover is a big history crush for us.  Ever a maverick, Lou was a tomboy, a scientist, and the first woman to major in geology at Stanford.  After she married Herbert Hoover, the two traveled to China, Burma, Japan, Egypt, Australia, and New Zealand. As a mother, Lou traveled the world with her young children. 

After giving birth to their first son, Herbert Jr., in 1903, Lou was ready to travel within five weeks. The baby, a nurse, and the Hoovers left for Australia with baby Herbert in a traveling basket.  By the time Herbert Jr. was one year old, he had been around the world twice.

Here is portrait Lou Hoover with Allan and Herbert Jr. in London, England, 1908.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there.  And thanks for the adventures!

-from the Hoover Library


Source: ecommcode.com

First Mom and Daughter in the Oval Office Betty and Susan Ford share the President’s chair in the Oval Office. 12/8/74 -Ford Presidential Library
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First Mom and Daughter in the Oval Office

Betty and Susan Ford share the President’s chair in the Oval Office. 12/8/74

-Ford Presidential Library

Source: fordlibrarymuseum.gov

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Equal Pay for Women - Appealing to the Board

President Franklin D. Roosevelt set up the National War Labor Board in January 1942. The Board mediated wartime labor disputes and consisted of representatives from business, organized labor, and the public. Women asked the National War Labor Board that they be paid the same amount as men would be paid for the work they were doing. This special representative’s report sets forth provisions respecting wage rates for women.

Special Representative’s Report on Retroactive Date for Women’s Pay Adjustments, 04/29/1943

(via coolchicksfromhistory)

Source: research.archives.gov

“This is the first instance of a woman being appointed to a Cabinet position.” todaysdocument: First woman Cabinet member President Franklin D. Roosevelt notified the U.S. Senate on March 4, 1933, that he had nominated Frances Perkins of New York to be Secretary of Labor. She was confirmed in this position and became the first woman appointed to a Cabinet position. She was the longest serving Labor secretary, serving for 12 years between 1933 and 1945. She was also the first woman to enter the Presidential Line of Succession. Nomination of Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor, 03/04/1933
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“This is the first instance of a woman being appointed to a Cabinet position.”

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First woman Cabinet member

President Franklin D. Roosevelt notified the U.S. Senate on March 4, 1933, that he had nominated Frances Perkins of New York to be Secretary of Labor. She was confirmed in this position and became the first woman appointed to a Cabinet position. She was the longest serving Labor secretary, serving for 12 years between 1933 and 1945. She was also the first woman to enter the Presidential Line of Succession.

Nomination of Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor, 03/04/1933

Source: research.archives.gov

America’s First Ladies If you are a fan of First Ladies and interested in women’s history, you can follow “America’s First Ladies: An Enduring Vision” today on Twitter (#usfirstladies) or watch the conference live stream starting at 9am CT.  Guest speakers include White House Photographers, Social Secretaries to the First Ladies, Presidential historians, and political correspondent Cokie Roberts. At 1:25pm CT, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will moderate a panel of two former First Ladies: Mrs. Barbara Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush.  The George W. Bush Library is also releasing an iTunes U collection of speeches, events, and video produced by the White House. Here, a photo of First Ladies Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, Pat Nixon, and Lady Bird Johnson together.
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America’s First Ladies

If you are a fan of First Ladies and interested in women’s history, you can follow “America’s First Ladies: An Enduring Vision” today on Twitter (#usfirstladies) or watch the conference live stream starting at 9am CT.

 Guest speakers include White House Photographers, Social Secretaries to the First Ladies, Presidential historians, and political correspondent Cokie Roberts. At 1:25pm CT, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will moderate a panel of two former First Ladies: Mrs. Barbara Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush. 

The George W. Bush Library is also releasing an iTunes U collection of speeches, events, and video produced by the White House.

Here, a photo of First Ladies Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, Pat Nixon, and Lady Bird Johnson together.


Source: bushcenter.com

This also happened on Leap Day:

“Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 2000 as Women’s History Month.”

February 29, 2000

Women’s History Month, here we come.

Nixon visits China Young girl dressed in soldier attire at the arrival of the press plane in Peking, China.  02/21/1972. Ping Pong Diplomacy on iTunesU
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Nixon visits China

Young girl dressed in soldier attire at the arrival of the press plane in Peking, China.  02/21/1972.

Ping Pong Diplomacy on iTunesU

Source: research.archives.gov

Happy birthday Susan B. Anthony! February 15, 1820 - March 13, 1906 In 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed the bill authorizing the Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin.  The U.S. Mint officially released the coin on July 2, 1979.
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Happy birthday Susan B. Anthony!

February 15, 1820 - March 13, 1906

In 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed the bill authorizing the Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin.  The U.S. Mint officially released the coin on July 2, 1979.

Source: usmint.gov