On 10 August 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as an associate justice of the US Supreme Court. She was the first Jewish female and second female justice to serve on SCOTUS. The American Bar Association gave her their highest rating, saying she was “well qualified” for the role. In this blog we set out a transcript of the…
On the 6th of August 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the first women to swim the English Channel. It was the 20-year-old’s second attempt at the 21-mile swim from Dover in England to Cape Griz-Nez, France. Ederle’s Introduction to Swimming and her Early Career Ederle’s father taught her to swim at their summer cottage in Highlands, New Jersey. By age 12…
One of my favourite musicals as a child was Calamity Jane. Little did I know that although most of the events in the film are fictional, Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok were real people. Martha Jane Cannary, frontierswoman, sharpshooter and tall-story teller was born on 1st May 1852 and died on 1st August, 1903. According to Calamity she was “the…
