Nancy Lieberman (1958- )
Achieved many basketball firsts.
Nancy Lieberman was the first high school student, male or female, to make a U.S. Olympic basketball team.
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Inspirational Women
This section began as a celebration of March and Women’s History Month; it continues as a regular feature because there are so many unrecognized women who have made major contributions to history.
Edith Houghton: First Woman Baseball Scout
Edith Houghton played baseball as a youngster and grew up to be the first woman hired to be a scout for a major league baseball team. Edith Houghton was 10
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Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994)
First American woman to win 3 Olympic gold medals in track and field, 1960 Wilma Rudolph was born in St. Bethlehem, Tennessee, and she weighed only 4 lbs 8 oz;
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The Triangle Factory Fire and Why It Matters Today
The deaths of 146 immigrant workers — three-quarters of them female — occurred on March 25, 1911, in one tragic workplace catastrophe, The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
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Kitty O’Neil (1947-2018), Stuntwoman
Athlete, Record-Setter, and First Woman in Stunts Unlimited Kitty O’Neil was a champion swimmer, an award-winning diver, and a racer in motorcycle and car competitions. She thrived on speed.
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Elsie S. Ott (1913-2006)
First woman to receive the Air Medal, 1943 Second Lieutenant Elsie S. Ott was a pioneer in air evacuation of military casualties. As World War II progressed on two fronts,
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