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#otd in 2014 Mary Barra was appointed CEO of General Motors, the auto industry’s first female CEO. She started working for GM at 18 in 1980 - and in 2014 was featured on the cover of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World. https://t.co/ts0I8Hc2jH @mtbarra
In Jan 1959 Claudia Jones - founder of The West Indian Gazette weekly newspaper - organised a carnival of Caribbean talent in response to London's race riots, which become the famous Notting Hill Carnival. "A people’s art is the genesis of their freedom". https://t.co/gjrXE5GcZm
In 1660 the first female Desdemona (probably Ann Marshall) appeared at Thomas Killigrew's theatre in London. Like all other female roles, Desdemona was previously played by men. The post-Restoration theatre revival created new opportunities for women like Nell Gwynne.
In December 1902, after leading a strike of her fellow women glove makers at their Chicago factory, Agnes Nestor founded the International Glove Workers Union. She also lobbied for legislation on child labour, min wage, maternity health & women's suffrage. https://t.co/eqRtQODadx
#otd in 1976 Kitty O'Neil, deaf from age 5, became the fastest woman alive, driving a 3-wheeled rocket car at 512.710 mph, a record which still stands. Stuntwoman on the Wonder Woman TV show, she was the first female member of Hollywood's Stunts Unlimited. https://t.co/CvHESyPRAL
#OTD in 1960 three of the Mirabal sisters, who fought against the dicatorship of Trujillo in the Dominican Republic, were killed by the secret police. In their honour, today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. https://t.co/GyIeQ4Wb2A
#OTD in1951, Rosalind Franklin gave a lecture at Kings College London showing her ground-breaking X-rays of DNA. James Watson, who was present, won a Nobel Prize in 1962 with Francis Crick for solving DNA's structure. Franklin had died in 1958, and could not share in the prize.
#otd in 1929 Constance Spry unveiled her first floral shop window display, shocking London by using hedgerow flowers. Considered a trailblazer, she set up her own Flower School and during WWII gave lectures encouraging people to grow their own food. https://t.co/2Pd41KvbmW
#OTD in 2010 the extraordinary Asma Jilani Jahangir, lawyer and activist, became the first woman president of Pakistan’s Supreme Court Bar Association. With her sister she set up the country's first free legal aid centre and its Human Rights Commission. https://t.co/xMp6QldCT5
In 1679 naturalist & illustrator Maria Merian published "The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars", the first work looking at animal-plant relationships, making her the first ecologist. She was also the first to record insect metamorphosis. #WomenInSTEM https://t.co/N1sbpNvPUU