December 6: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN
Jane Swisshelm
Jane Swisshelm, a suffragist who wrote articles for local papers against slavery, for women’s rights, and against legal inequities, was born today in 1815.
Patsy Mink, the first Japanese-American Congresswoman (D-HI), was born today in 1927. She wrote the Women’s Educational Equity Act and played a key role in the enactment of Title IX, (which was renamed posthumously as the “Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act”). She was also the first Asian-American to run for U.S. President.
PATSY MINK
Gladys Mae West
Gladys Mae West, an American mathematician known for her contributions to the mathematical modelling of the shape of the Earth, she was one of the team of mathematicians who worked on the development of the satellite geodesy models that were eventually incorporated into the Global Positioning System. Today in 2018, she was inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame.