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MARCH 12: TODAY’S INSPIRING WOMEN
JULIETTE GORDON LOW
Juliette Gordon Low assembled 18 girls together in Savannah, Georgia, for the first-ever Girl Scout meeting today in 1912.
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LORRAINE HANSBERRY
Today in 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin In the Sun opened at Barrymore Theater, New York. This was the first play by a Black woman to premiere on Broadway.
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JOSEPHINE GROVES HOLLOWAY
Josephine Groves Holloway was born today in 1898. She founded the first unofficial Girl Scout troop for African American girls and worked for two decades to have her troops recognized by the Nashville Girl Scout Council.
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GRACIELA OLIVÁREZ
Graciela Olivárez, Chicana activist, was born today in 1928. She was the first woman and first Latina graduate from Notre Dame Law School, and one of first two women on the board of Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund.
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MARCH 8: TODAY’S INSPIRING WOMEN- INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
LILIA ANN ABRON
Lilia Ann Abron, an entrepreneur and chemical engineer, was born today in 1945. She was the first African American woman to earn a PhD in chemical engineering.
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