JULY 21: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN

Louise Bethune

Louise Bethune, the first American woman to work as an architect, was born today in 1856.

In 1980, Dame Eugenia Charles was sworn in as Prime Minister of Dominica and becomes the first female Prime Minister in the Caribbean.

Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U. S. Attorney General (1993 – 2001, under President Clinton), was born today in 1938.