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AN Women of the 20th Century that shaped our modern world.
Sept. 14, 1879 – Sept. 6, 1966
Feb. 4, 1913 – Oct. 24, 2005
Born May 26, 1951
Born July 1, 1945
Margaret Sanger
Her Background
Sanger was born on September 14, 1879 in Corning, New York
The sixth of eleven children
She attended Claverack College and Hudson River Institute in 1896
Then entered the nursing program at White Plains Hospital in 1900.
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Sanger began challenging the 1873 federal Comstock law, the law that banned the distribution of contraceptive information.
In March 1914, Sanger published the first issue of The Woman Rebel, a radical feminist monthly that advocated the right to practice birth control.
Fighting the Status Quo
She was arrested several times.
Sanger was involved with› The American Birth
Control League› The Birth Control
Clinical Research Bureau
› And what is now known as Planned Parenthood
Achievements
Credited for coining the term “Birth Control”
Defiantly founded the first birth control clinics in the United States
In 1927 helped organize the first World Population Conference in Geneva. In 1942, after several organizational mergers and name changes, Planned Parenthood Federation came into being.
Rosa Parks
Her Background
Rosa McCauley was born February 4, 1913
She was bicultural – Cherokee and African American
At age 7, she witnessed her first KKK demonstration
Worked quietly for years with the NAACP
The bus boycott she started introduced the world to Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa and the NAACP
She was one of only two women to join the Montgomery chapter at the time.
She worked as secretary in NAACP
The NAACP fought for the rights of Blacks regardless of gender
Breaking Boundaries
December 1,1955 Parks allowed herself to be arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
The first African American female case to make it to the U.S. Supreme Court
Breaking Boundaries cont.
Boycotted the local bus companies for over a year
Used her race and gender to bring attention to racial segregation
Served on the Christians Leadership Council under US Representative John Conyers
Being a True Woman
She was a leader working from within the NAACP
Embraced the life of being a devout Christian and wife while challenging authority
Inspired women black or white to stand for equality
Accomplishments
In June of 1999, she received the Congressional Gold Medal from President Clinton
In December of 2000, the Rosa Parks Library and Museum were opened
Won Supreme Court case and hanged federal law
Deborah “Debbie” Harry
Her Background
Born July 1, 1945 Attended college
during the women’s liberation movement.
Strong influence and editor on a underground magazine called Punk.
One of the most influential female artists
Defying the Status Quo
Was one of the first females to front in a punk band
A pioneer in fashion, embracing her beauty and using it to her advantage
Helped women penetrate the male- dominated punk scene
Finding her Passion
Harry had a variety of jobs before becoming a music icon
Worked as a secretary at a Playboy club in New York
Was a waitress for several years
Fronted a folk style band before founding her band Blondie
Leading the way With the help of her friends, Joan Jett
and Patty Smith, Debbie pushed the door open for women vocalists
Her bold and unique style catapulted her to iconic status, as well as allowed future artists to express their own uniqueness
Some inspired artists
Leading cont.
Pushed her punk and new wave sound into the mainstream
Help to make places like C.B.G.B. and Maxx’s Kansas City landmark places
Accomplishments
Worked closely with and funded AIDS/HIV research
Pushed saving the arts, such as music in schools
Harry entered the Guinness Book of World Record for “Oldest female singer to reach No. 1 on the UK charts”
Make-up line through MAC
Being a True Woman
Used gender to show strength, beauty, sex appeal, and talent
Bent normal gender roles by leading a punk band
A leader and pioneer in not hiding sex, but redefining what it meant
Sally Ride
Her Background
Born May 21 1951, in Encino, California
After graduating high school, she attended Stanford and earn a Masters and Ph. D.
First American woman in Space
Breaking Boundaries
Joined NASA in 1978, which was a male-dominated field
With her Ph. D. she became a Physics professor in San Diego
Every thing she did pushed normal boundaries for women
Inspiration
Ride showed women that they did not have to settle for less in life, that they could accomplish things that mattered to them
Showed men that women can be as capable as men in their areas of work
Crossing gender boundaries
Possessed the same necessary qualities as her male counter parts
Trained to be a NASA officer, one of few women to ever do so at the time
Taught as a physics professor, a male-dominated field
Honors and Achievements
First and youngest female American in space
Inducted into the California Hall of Fame
An elementary school was named after her
Honored with the Jefferson award for Public Service
Earned many Honors from NASA
Our 20th century women of significance Thank You