In July 2023, it was announced that Admiral Lisa Franchetti was going to be nominated as the Chief of Naval Operations. If confirmed, this would make her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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In June 2023, Jena Antonucci, horse trainer, made history when the horse she works with, Arcangelo, won the Belmont Stakes, one of three races of the Triple Crown. She is the first female trainer whose horse has won a Triple Crown race.
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So far in 2023, we have lost three of the women featured in our book Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America: Marianne Mantell, Patricia Schroeder, and Tina Turner.
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The first Mother’s Day was celebrated on May 9, 1914 as proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson. He asked Americans to say a “Thank you” to their mother and to all mothers.
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In 2021, Deb Haaland, of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, became the first Native American Secretary of the Interior.
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