1587: Elizabeth I of England signed the execution warrant for her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots
962: Saint Adelaide crowned empress of the Holy Roman Empire with her husband, Otto I
1872: The American Woman Suffrage Association petitioned Congress
1911: Jeanette Rankin became the first woman to address the Montana Legislature, speaking for woman suffrage.
1975: Margaret Thatcher took the lead of the British Conservative Party, the first woman to hold that position
2004: San Francisco officials issue a license and perform a wedding ceremony for lesbian activists Del Martin, 83, and Phyllis Lyon, 79, defying California law.
1870: Esther Morris became a Justice of the Peace-first woman to hold that position in the U.S.
1959: Barbie Doll went on sale for the first time
1920: League of Women Voters founded
1962: Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady, hosts television tour of the White House
1883: Ladies Home Journal published first issue
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