by Elaine Luther | Jul 24, 2018 | On this Day in History, Uncategorized
There are so many exciting women in early aviation! We’ll start with Amelia Earhart, because today’s her birthday, she was born on July 24th in 1897. If you don’t know about her, her most famous accomplishment is that in 1932, she was the first woman...
by Elaine Luther | Jul 16, 2018 | Inventors
I never thought about who invented the Super Soaker, that giant water gun that lets you really soak your friends while not having to stop to refill your squirt gun every few minutes. Did you ever wonder? I found out who invented it this summer, as our family was on a...
by Elaine Luther | Jul 15, 2018 | On this Day in History, Uncategorized
On this day in 1864, Maggie L. Walker was born. She was the first woman to ever charter, or start, a bank in the United States. Making that accomplishment even more impressive is that she did it in this in 1903 and was African American, meaning she faced...
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