Today in History

Seems that today in history was a bad day and a good day for women. I hope someone else also finds this an interesting bit of info.


1637
Anne Hutchinson, the first female religious leader in the American colonies, was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for heresy.
1893
The state of Colorado granted women the right to vote.
1916
Jeanette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress.