APRIL 16: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN
Leila Smith Foley
In 1973, Leila Smith Foley elected Mayor of Taft, Oklahoma making her the first African-American woman to be elected Mayor of a U.S. city.
Selena Quintanilla Perez
Selena Quintanilla Perez (or just Selena), a singer who popularized the Tejano sound of Mexico in the 1990s, was born today in 1971. Her life was cut short when Yolanda Saldivar fatally shot her in 1995.