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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. |
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.
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THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT (THE 19TH)
Alice Paul picketed the White House from 1917-19 until this amendment was passed.
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JANET JACKSON
Her Control album produced 5 Top 5 singles each in a different spot; When I Think Of You hit No. 1.
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WINDSHIELD WIPERS
Mary Anderson is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for creating this car device; intermittent ones would come later.
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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."
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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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