International Women’s Day – Mary Pickford

 

Celebrating all women on International Women’s Day. Mary Pickford in 1920 thriving in an industry mostly dominated by men.

In the early days of cinema, she proved that women could achieve anything despite the obstacles that face them.

Mary Pickford

Valentina Tereshkova

Valentina Tereshkova

The First Woman in Space: Valentina Tereshkova. In America, we often hail Sally Ride as the first female astronaut.

But the first woman in space was actually a Soviet cosmonaut who beat out 400 applicants to pilot the Vostok 6 spacecraft in 1963—two decades before Ride took her historic spaceflight.