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MONTANA
The first woman elected to Congress Jeannette Rankin reps this western state in Statuary Hall.
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DESTINY'S CHILD
Stevie Nicks' Edge Of Seventeen is sampled on their No. 1 hit Bootylicious.
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CHOCOLATE CHIP TOLL HOUSE COOKIES
Ruth Wakefield was a chef, educator, and dietician.
In 1930, she created this American delicacy that became popularized during WWII when the war had taken its toll.
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MARYLIN MONROE
Concerning her 1949 nude calendar photos this actress said, "It's not true I had nothing on; I had the radio on."
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HURRICANE KATRINA
This 2005 hurricane was a large Category 5 Atlantic hurricane which caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage.
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CLEOPATRA
Around 50 B.C. this queen was forced to flee Egypt to Syria but she came back with an army a few years later
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ROYALS
This song by Lorde mentions Grey Goose & ball gowns.
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MONOPOLY
Elizabeth J. Phillips was an American game designer, writer, and feminist. Ironically, she is accredited with creating this popular board game.
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MADONNA
In 1985 this material girl reportedly said, "Bruce Springsteen was born to run. I was born to flirt"
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HURRICANE SANDY
This hurricane was the deadliest, the most destructive, and the strongest hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm inflicted nearly $70 billion in damage and killed 233 people across eight countries from the Caribbean to Canada.
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JOAN OF ARC
Among charges against her in 1430 was that she had dressed & armed herself in the state & habit of a man.
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LADY GAGA
This singer took her stage name from a Queen song after she was likened to Freddie Mercury.
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A COLLAR
In 1825 Hannah Montague, tired of washing her husband's shirts because this was soiled invented a detachable one.
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SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR
In 1981 she told the Senate Judiciary Committee, "I do well understand...the difference between legislating & judging."
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HURRICANE IRENE
This hurricane was a large and destructive tropical cyclone which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during late August 2011.
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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
During the Crimean War this British nurse toured the soldiers' hospital at night with her lantern.
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ELLA FITZGERALD
Inducting her into the Jazz Hall of Fame in 1985 she rose to acclaim with her song Tisket, A-Tasket.
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CATARACTS
In 1986 ophthalmologist Patricia Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe to remove this eye impairment.
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JANE AUSTEN
"One cannot have too large a party," is a line from her novel Emma.
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HURRICANE RITA
This 2005 Hurricane was the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Mexico and the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded.
THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT (THE 19TH)
Alice Paul picketed the White House from 1917-19 until this amendment was passed.
JANET JACKSON
Her Control album produced 5 Top 5 singles each in a different spot; When I Think Of You hit No. 1.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS
Mary Anderson is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for creating this car device; intermittent ones would come later.
MARIE CURIE
This notable scientist once said, "You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement."
HURRICANE CAMILLE
It was the second most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the United States. The most intense storm of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season, she originated as a tropical depression on August 14, south of Cuba.






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