By: Nancy Werner
NFBPWC Public Relations Chair (2024-2026) 

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September Highlights in US Women’s History 

➢ September 12, 1910 – Alice Stebbins Wells, a former social worker, becomes the first woman police officer  with arrest powers in the U.S. (Los Angeles, CA) 

➢ Sept. 13, 1994: Clinton signs the Violence Against Women Act as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law  Enforcement Act, providing funding for programs that help victims of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault,  stalking and other gender-related violence. 

➢ September 14, 1964 – Helen Keller receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom along with 4 other women: Dr.  Lena Edwards, Lynn Fontainne, Dr. Helen Taussig, and Leontyne Price 

➢ September 14, 1975 – Elizabeth Ann Seton is canonized and becomes the first American-born saint, founded  the first U.S. Order of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph

➢ September 20, 1973 – Billie Jean King defeats Bobby “No-Broad-Can-Beat-Me” Riggs in the battle of the sexes  tennis match 

➢ September 25, 1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in as the first woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice ➢ September 26, 1971 – Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-New York) announces she will enter the Democratic  presidential primaries 

➢ September 26, 1973 – Capt. Lorraine Potter, an American Baptist minister, becomes the first woman U.S. Air  Force chaplain 

➢ September 29, 1988 – Stacy Allison becomes first American woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest 

Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/womens-history-us-timeline 

https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/this-month-in-womens-history/september/ 

➢ September 18^th is International Equal Pay Day (A/RES/74/142) 

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2019 

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/74/399)]  

74/142. International Equal Pay Day 

The General Assembly, 

Reaffirming the obligation of all States to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms,  and also that all forms of discrimination, including discrimination against women and girls, are contrary to  the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on  Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the  Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights  of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the  

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination  and other relevant human rights instruments, Reaffirming also the commitment  made to gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, contained in  the outcome documents of relevant international conferences and summits, in  particular the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth  World Conference on Women and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session  of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and  peace for the twenty-first century” 

Upcoming Dates in Women’s History to Note for October: 

➢ October 11^th is International Day of the Girl Child (A/RES/66/170) 

➢ October 24^th is United Nations Day (A/RES/168 (II)) 

➢ October is Health Literacy, Breast Cancer, Domestic Violence, and HIV/AIDS Awareness Month.