November 19: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN

Elizabeth Reid McCombs

Elizabeth Reid McCombs was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Today in 1933, she became the first woman elected to the Parliament of New Zealand.

Gladys Hobby, an American microbiologist, was born today in 1910. Her research played a key role in the development and understanding of antibiotics.

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Learn more about the life of Gladys Hobby.