March 2
Eleanor Laura McMain born: gained fame as one of the preeminent social workers in the U.S. — 1866
Inez Haynes Irwin born: American feminist author, journalist, member of the National Women's Party, and president of the Authors Guild. — 1873
March 3
Anne Sullivan arrived at the home of young Helen Keller to teach her to communicate. — 1887
Woman suffrage supporters marched in Washington, D.C., disrupting the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson. Onlookers attacked while police stand by. — 1913
March 4
Frances Perkins' appointment as Secretary of Labor announced. She was the first woman to serve as a member of a U.S. president's cabinet. — 1933
Fannie Barrier Williams died: African-American educator and political and women's rights activist. — 1944
March 5
Leslie Marmon Silko born: Laguna Pueblo writer and one of the key figures in the First Wave of the Native American Renaissance. — 1948
March 6
“When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.” Pearl Buck, died today. — 1973
Marguerite Yourcenar becomes the first woman elected to the Academie Francaise. — 1980
March 7
Janet Guthrie born: first woman to qualify and compete in both the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500. — 1938
From www.unionist.com.