Three Remarkable Women

and each of them made history on this day…

Monday, June 18^th, the 170^th Day of 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1873: Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for trying to vote in the 1872 U.S. presidential election. She refused to pay the fine, but never was allowed to vote.

 

 

 

 

 

1928: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as she completed a flight from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours.

 

 

 

 

 

1983 Sally K. Ride becomes America’s first woman in space as she and four colleagues blast off aboard the space shuttle Challenger.

 

 

 

 

 

1976: on the eve of his wedding the King of Sweden was entertained by four of his subjects: the group Abba –