Women’s History Month 2026….Day 31 Kamala Harris was born in Oakland, California, and credits her time at Howard University as formative in developing her interest in politics. After earning a law degree, she began her career as a prosecutor in Alameda County, later becoming District Attorney of

Women’s History Month 2026…..Day 30 Billie Holiday was a highly influential American jazz and swing singer, known as “Lady Day,” a nickname given by Lester Young. She transformed vocal jazz with her unique phrasing, timing, and expressive delivery. Starting in Harlem nightclubs, she gained reco

Women’s History Month 2026….Day 29 Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford) was a highly acclaimed American novelist and editor known for exploring the Black American experience and the impacts of racism. She published her first novel, The Bluest Eye, in 1970, and gained national recognition w

Women’s History Month 2026….Day 28 Ketanji Brown Jackson is an American lawyer and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2022. Nominated by Joe Biden, she became the first Black woman, first former federal public defender, and sixth woman on the C

Women’s History Month 2026….Day 27 Jasmine Crockett is a Democratic U.S. representative for Texas’s 30th district since 2023. She previously served in the Texas House (2021–2023) after being elected in 2020. A St. Louis native, she holds degrees from Rhodes College and the University of Houston

Women’s History Month 2026….Day 26 Suzan Shown Harjo is a Native American (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee) advocate, writer, and policy leader known for her lifelong work advancing Indigenous rights. Beginning in the 1960s, she co-produced the first Indigenous news radio program in the U.S. and

Women’s History Month 2026….Day 25 Reba McEntire is a highly successful country music singer and actress, often called the “Queen of Country,” with over 75 million records sold and more than 100 songs on the country charts, including 25 number-one hits. She grew up in Oklahoma, started performi

Women’s History Month 2026….Day 24 Nadia Murad Basee Taha is an Iraqi-born Yazidi human rights activist based in Germany. In 2014, during the Yazidi genocide by the Islamic State, she was abducted from her hometown of Kocho in Iraq. Much of her community was massacred. After losing most of her f

Women’s History Month 2026….Day 23 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA) is a historically African-American sorority founded in 1908 at Howard University and incorporated in 1913. It is part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (the “Divine Nine”) and has grown to over 365,000 members across mo

Women’s History Month 2026….Day 22 Tye Leung Schulze was a trailblazing Chinese American woman who, in 1912, became the first Chinese American woman—and possibly the first Chinese woman in the world—to vote when she cast a ballot in San Francisco. She was also the first Chinese American woman to

Women’s History Month 2026…..Day 21 Cecilia Cruz Bamba was an Indigenous Chamorro leader from Guam who made significant contributions as a senator, businesswoman, and community organizer. Orphaned during the Japanese occupation, she was raised by her grandmother and went on to become deeply invo

Women’s History Month 2026….Day 20 Christine Sun Kim is a Berlin-based American artist and activist whose multidisciplinary work—spanning drawing, performance, video, and installation—explores how sound functions in society, especially through the lens of Deaf culture. She incorporates systems l

Women’s History Month 2026…..Day 19 Sandra Cisneros is an American writer best known for The House on Mango Street and Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories. Her work explores Chicana identity, cultural hybridity, gender roles, and poverty, drawing heavily from her upbringing in a large family

Women’s History Month 2026….Day 18 Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. (ΣΓΡ) is a historically African American sorority founded on November 12, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, by seven Black women. It was originally created to support Black women pursuing careers in education and began as a sorority

Women’s History Month 2026…..Day 17 Wilma Pearl Mankiller was a Cherokee activist, social worker, and leader who became the first woman elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Born in Oklahoma, she moved to San Francisco as a child and became involved in Native American activism during t

Women’s History Month 2026….Day 16 Margaret Sanger was an American nurse, writer, and activist who led the early birth control movement in the United States. She opened the country’s first birth control clinic and founded Planned Parenthood. Sanger campaigned for women’s right to control whether

Women’s History Month 2026…Day 15 Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was an American playwright and writer and the first Black woman to have a play performed on Broadway. Her most famous play, A Raisin in the Sun, portrays the struggles of Black families in segregated Chicago and was inspired by a poem b

Women’s History Month 2026….Day 14 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. (ΖΦΒ) is a historically African American sorority. Since its founding, Zeta Phi Beta has historically focused on addressing social causes; founded January 16, 1920. Zeta Phi Beta is the only sorority constitutionally bound to a fra

Women’s History Month 2026….Day 13 Susan La Flesche Picotte was a Native American medical doctor and reformer and member of the Omaha tribe. She is widely acknowledged as one of the first Indigenous people, and the first Indigenous woman, to earn a medical degree. She campaigned for public healt

Women’s History Month 2026….Day 12 Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model who became one of the most famous Hollywood stars and sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. Known for playing comedic “blonde bombshell” roles, she helped define the era’s image of glamour and sexuality. Bor