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February is Black History Month
Black History Month recognizes and honors important people and events in the history of African-American history. In 1926 noted historian, Carter G. Woodson, originated the idea of “Negro History Week”. Woodson chose the second week of February because it marked the birthdays of two Americans who greatly influenced the lives and social condition of African Americans – former President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass.The tradition of what became Black History Month greatly influenced the expansion of academic scholarship and the corresponding recognition of the rich history of African Americans
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February Highlights in US Women’s History
February 1, 1978 – First postage stamp to honor a black woman, Harriet Tubman, is issued in Washington, DC
February 4, 1987 – First “National Women in Sports Day” is celebrated by Presidential Proclamation
February 11, 1989 – Rev. Barbara Harris became the first woman bishop in the American Episcopal Church and in the Anglican Communion worldwide.
February 12, 1869 – The Utah Territorial Legislature passes a bill allowing women to vote
February 15, 1921 – The Suffrage Monument, depicting Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott, sculpted by Adelaide Johnson, is dedicated at the U.S. Capitol
February 15, 1953 – Tenley Albright became the first American woman to win the World Figure Skating championship
February 17, 1870 – Esther Hobart Morris in Wyoming became the first American woman Justice of the Peace
February 24, 1912 – Henrietta Szold founds Hadassah, the largest Jewish organization in American history, focusing on healthcare and education in the Israel and the U.S.
February 24, 1967 – Jocelyn Bell Burnell makes the first discovery of a pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star
February 27, 1922 – U.S. Supreme Court upholds the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees women the right to vote
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