MAY 18: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN

Jacqueline Cochran

In 1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier.


Tina Fey

Tina Fey, a television writer, producer, and actor, and first female head writer for Saturday Night Live, was born today in 1970. She is also the youngest winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.