Ruline Steininger's life 1913-2017

Ruline Steininger was born

1913

Ruline Steininger was born in 1913. In 2016, at the age of 103, she supported Hillary Clinton for country's first female president.

Jeannette Rankin

1916

Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress.
The United States Congress consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Navy and Marines

1917

First women to enlist. They joined the military forces to serve their country.

The right to vote

1920

Women gain vote nationwide
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote, a right known as women’s suffrage, and was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending almost a century of protest.

Gertrude Ederle

1926

First woman to swim English Channel
Gertrude Ederle was an American competition swimmer and Olympic champion. On August 6, 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Among other nicknames, the press sometimes called her "Queen of the Waves".

Amelia Earhart

1928

First woman to fly across the Atlantic
Amelia Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Frances Perkins

1933

First woman appointed to Cabinet.
The Cabinet's role is to serve as an advisory body to the President of the United States.

Eleanor Roosevelt

1933

Eleanor Roosevelt redefined the role of first lady.
She became an American political figure, diplomat and activist.

Annie Fox

1942

First woman to earn Purple Heart.
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president.

Song "Rosie the riveter"

1942

Representing the women who worked in factories.
A lot of women produced munitions and war supplies during World War II.

Rosa Parks

1955

Rosa Parks encouraged Montgomery bus boycott. She was an activist in the civil rights movement. Parks resisted bus segregation (segragation by race)

For the Civil Rights Movement

1955

First lunch counter sit-ins. A sit-in is a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change.
The civil rights movement had one goal : enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans.

Desegration of schools

1957

Little Rock Nine integrated into Central High. The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957.

Althea Gibson

1957

First black woman to win Wimbledon. She was an American tennis player.

Dolores Huerta

1962

First woman co-founds United Farm Workers. She was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. She received numerous awards for her community service for workers', immigrants', and women's rights.

Maria Goeppert Mayer

1963

First American woman to earn Nobel Prize in Physics. She was the second woman to win a Nobel Prize in physics, the first being Marie Curie.

Muriel Siebert

1967

First woman to earn seat on NYSE (New York Stock Exchange). In 1967, she founded her own firm, Muriel Siebert & Co Inc., beginning by doing research for institutions, and buying and selling financial analyses.

Katherine Switzer

1967

First woman to enter Boston Marathon. Five years after Katherine Switzer's historic run, women were officially allowed to compete in the Boston Marathon.

Shirley Chisholm

1968

First black woman elected to Congress. The United States Congress consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Katherine Graham

1972

First woman to run Fortune 500 company (it ranks the largest U.S. companies by revenue). Katherine Graham managed The Washington Post (major American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C.)

Billie Jean King

1973

Billie King wins "Battle of the Sexes".
"Battle of the sexes" is a tennis competition played between a man and a woman.

Military academies at West Point

1976

First women to enter military academies. It is President Ford who signed a Public Law requiring the services to open West Point (Military Colleges and Academies), Annapolis, and the Air Force Academy to women.

Janet Gutrie

1977

First woman to race in Indy 500. The Indianapolis 500 is held annually at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (500 miles = 804,6 km)

Sandra Day O'Connor

1981

First woman on Supreme Court. She was appointed by President Ronald Reagan. The Supreme Court (Court = Tribunal) is the highest federal court within the United States.

Sally Ride

1983

First U.S. woman in space. As an American astronaut, physicist, and engineer, she was the youngest NASA American astronaut to have traveled to space (32 years old). She flew twice on the Orbiter Challenger.

Geraldine Ferraro

1984

First woman VP nominee. As a Democratic Party politician, she was the first female vice presidential candidate representing a major American political party.

Lauren Anderson

1990

First black principal ballerina in U.S. "Principal" is the most prominent position a dancer can receive.
In 1990, she was the first African American ballerina to become a principal for a major dance company, an important milestone in American ballet.

Connie Chung

1993

First AAPI network news anchorwoman. AAPI stands for Asian-American Pacific Islander. An anchorwoman is a female TV news presenter.

Madeleine Albright

1997

First woman as Secretary of State. The Secretary of State is a senior official of the federal government of the United States of America and is considered to be the U.S. government's equivalent of a Minister for Foreign Affairs (Affaires Etrangères).

Halle Berry

2002

First black woman leading actress to win Oscar in the film "Monsters Ball". She also starred in "Kidnap", "The Call", "X-men : days of future past"...

Nancy Pelosi

2007

First woman as Speaker of the House. The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives and holds one of the highest positions in Congress.

Sonia Sotomayor

2009

First Latina on Supreme Court. Sonia Sotomayor was born in The Bronx, New York City. Her parents were born in Puerto-Rico. It is President Barack Obama who appointed her for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court (Court = Tribunal) is the highest federal court within the United States.

Mazie Hirono

2012

First AAPI woman elected to Senate. AAPI stands for Asian-American Pacific Islander. Mazie Hirono originates from Fukushima, Japan.
The Senate is composed of senators, each of whom represents a single state.

Diane Joyce Humetawa

2014

First Native American woman as federal judge. Native American means "Amérindienne".

Sarah Mc Bride

2016

First trans woman to speak at Convention. Sarah McBride, the Human Rights Campaign’s national press secretary, became the first transgender person to speak at a national political convention.

Hillary Clinton

2016

2016 Democratic National Convention. Hillary Clinton was chosen as the party's nominee for president by 59.67%. She lost the general election and Donald Trump became President of the United States in 2016.