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Women's History Month: March 5.
Today we honor labor activist Mother Jones, who fought for children's and worker's rights. Find out more here:

Who was Mother Jones? | Mother Jones Museum Mary Harris “Mother” Jones was a fearless fighter for workers’ rights. When she was mocked as the “grandmother of all agitators,” in the U.S. Senate, Mother Jones replied that she would someday like to be called “the great-grandmother of all agitators.” She helped to shape a spirit of ...

Today in history: March 5, 1963. American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.
You can see her sing 'I Fall to Pieces' here:

Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces From "The Glenn Reeves Show" on February 23rd, 1963.

Today in history: March 4, 1917. Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives. This is noteworthy for the fact that women would not receive the right to vote until 1920.
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RANKIN, Jeannette | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives Jeannette Rankin’s life was filled with extraordinary achievements: she was the first woman elected to Congress, one of the few suffragists elected to Congress, and the only Member of Congress to vote against U.S. participation in both World War I and World War II. “I may be the first woman memb...

March 3 in women's history: Today we honor Sally Ride, first American woman in space.
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Sally Ride: First American Woman in Space Sally Ride was the first American woman to go into space.

Today in history: March 3, 1913. Thousands of women march in a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.
Find out more about the suffrage movement here:

The Woman Suffrage Movement