Maria Winifred Carney Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and Irish independence activist was born.
Category: December
December 11, 2010
Bishop Olga Lucia Álvarez Benjumes becomes the first Catholic woman priest and bishop of Latin America
December 9, 1973
Stacey Yvonne Abrams American Georgia Democrat politician is born.
December 19, 1924
Cicely Tyson American award winning actress and former fashion model is born.
December 6, 1927
Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink the first Asian American Woman elected to Congress was born.
December 15, 1673
Lady Margaret Lucas Cavendish English Philosopher responsible for the early and compelling naturalism in current day philosophy and science.
December 30, 1977
Laila Ali American Boxer is born.
December 6, 2018
Gladys Mae West is inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame.
December 21, 1920
Alicia Alonso Cuban Prima Ballerina Assoluta and Choreographer was born.
December 21, 1944
Frances Wills and Harriet Pickens became the first female African-American U.S. Navy officers.