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JUNE BIRTHDATE CALENDAR1 MARILYN MONROE (NORMA JEAN BAKER) (1926-1962) ACTRES, LEGEND. COLLEEN McCULLOUGH-1927-WRITER MOLLY PICON-1898-ACTRESS, COMEDIENNE
2 BETTY FURNESS (1916-1994) ACTRESS, JOURNALIST, CONSUMER ADVISOR, TV PERSONALITY HEDDA HOPPER (1890-1966), JOURNALIST, HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP COLUMNIST SALLY KELLERMAN-1937-ACTRESS
3 JOSEPHINE BAKER (1906-1945)-LEGENDARY DANCER, SINGER, ENTERTAINER COLLEEN DEWHURST-1926-1991-AWARD WINNING STAGE, FILM AND TELEVISION ACTRESS PAULETTE GODDARD-(1915-1990) ACTRESS
4 BLANCH KNOPF (1894-1966) PUBLISHING EXECUTIVE, KNOPF, INC.
5 KATHERINE HELMOND-1934-AWARD WINNING TELEVISION, STAGE AND FILM ACTRESS. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1990.
6 RUTH BENEDICT (1887-1948)-WORLD RENOWN ANTHROPOLIGIST NANETTE DaVALOIS (1898-?) BALLET DANCER/ DIRECTOR. FOUNDED SADLER'S WELLS BALLET SCHOOL. MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN-1939-IST BLACK WOMAN ADMITTED TO THE BAR IN MAINE
7 SALLY B. THORNTON-PHILANTROPIST, HUMANITARIAN, AUTHOR, BUSINESS EXECUTIVE. 11TH WOMAN LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1990. VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR FOR WOMEN'S INT'L CENTER, 1991. GWENDOLYN BROOKS-1917-POET. FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO WIN A PULTIZER PRIZR JESSICA TANDY (1909-1994) AWARD WINNING AND BELOVED STAGE, FILM, TV ACTRESS. AUTHOR.
8 ALEXIS SMITH (1921-1993) ACTRESS JOAN RIVERS-1933-COMEDIENNE, TALK SHOW HOSTESS, ENTERTAINER, AUTHOR BARBARA BUSH-1925- GREATLY ADMIRED FORMER U.S. FIRST LADY (1988-92). LITERACY LEADER. PARTICIPATING FRIEND TO WOMEN'S INT'L CTR. AND LIVING LEGACY AWARDS.
9 CATHERINE FILENE SHOUSE (1896-1994). PHILANTHROPIST, HUMANITARIAN, INNOVATOR AND BENEFACTOR, AUTHOR. FOUNDER, WOLF TRAP INSTITUTE FOR THR PERFORMIMG ARTS. NAT'L WOMEN'S RIGHTS COUNCILS, 1928-1988.LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1992. HELENA RUBINSTEIN (1892-1965) COSMETICS EXECUTIVE AND OWNER/FOUNDER
10 JUDY GARLAND (1922-1969)-SINGER, ACTRESS. "DOROTHY" IN "WIZARD OF OZ" JUNE HAVER-1926-ACTRESS 11 JEANETTE RANKIN (1880-1973) FIRST WOMAN CONGRESSWOMAN (1916), WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND ANTI-CHILD LABOR ACTIVIST, PACIFIST--ONLY PERSON TO VOTE AGAINST ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR II. HONORED IN HALL OF STATUARY, U.S. CAPITOL. RISE STEVENS-1913-OPERA SINGER, ACTRESS
12 ANNE FRANK (1929-1945)-WRITER, SYMBOL OF FREEDOM-"DIARY OF ANNE FRANK"
13 ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON-1937-US GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AND ADVISOR, FIRST WOMAN TO CHAIR E.E.O. ATTORNEY, SPEAKER, AUTHOR. CIVIL AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST.
14 HARRIETT BEECHER STOWE (1811-1896) EDUCATOR, ABOLITIONIST, WRITER-"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN", AMONG MANY OTHERS. MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE (1906-1971) PHOTOGRAPHER, INNOVATOR, CORRESPONDENT DOROTHY McGUIRE-1919-AWARD WINNING ACTRESS.
16 KATHERINE GRAHAM-1917-PUBLISHER, OPINION MAKER-OWNS WASHINGTON POST
17 PHYLLIS RASHAD-1948-ACTRESS, EQUAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. DOROTHY McGUIRE-ACCTRESS, LLA SCHOLARSHIP BENEFACTOR. ALTHEA T. L. SIMMONS-1924-HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST. CHIEF LOBBYIST, NAACP.
18 SYLVIA PORTER-1913-JOURNALIST, COLUMNIST, FINANCE EXPERT
19 ROSALYN YALOW-1921-FAMED AWARD WINNING MEDICAL PHYSICIST GENA ROLANDS-1934-ACTRESS KATHLEEN TURNER-1954-ACTRESS MILDRED NATWICK-1908-ACTRESS
20 LILLIAN HELLMAN (1905-1987) WRITER, PLAYWRIGHT, INNOVATOR. ANN MURRAY-1946-SINGER, SONGWRITER
21 JANE RUSSELL-1921-FILM ACTRESS. FOUNDER-WAIF, FOR THE ADOPTION OF DIFFICULT TO ADOPT CHILDREN. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1989. MARY McCARTHY-1912-NOVELIST, CRITIC MAUREEN STAPLETON-1925-ACTRESS
22 ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH-1906-AVIATOR, NAVIGATOR, AUTHOR-"GIFT FROM THE SEA", AND MANY OTHERS. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1985. DIANNE FEINSTEIN-1933-POLITICIAN, U.S. SENATOR, HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1989. KATHERINE DUNHAM-1909-DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, TEACHER, INNOVATOR. LINDSAY WAGNER-1949-ACTRESS MERYL STREEP-1949-ACTRESS
23 WILMA RUDOLPH (1940-1994) TRACK AND FIELD OLYMPIC CHAMPION WILLIE MAE "MOTHER" SMITH-1904-GOSPEL SINGER AND EVANGELIST. FOLK ARTIST. ANNA AKMATOVA (ANDREA ANDREYENVNA GORENKO) (1888-1966) POET. LEADER OF THE ALCHEMIST MOVEMENT JUNE CARTER CASH-1929-COUNTRY WESTERN SINGER, SONGWRITER
25 DOROTHY GILMAN-1923-MYSTERY WRITER CARLY SIMON-1945-SINGER, SONGWRITER MIRABEL MORGAN-1937-AUTHOR. "THE TOTAL WOMAN" JUNE LOCKHART-1925-ACTRESS
26 ANTONIA BRICE-1902-SYMPHONY CONDUCTOR, TEACHER ELEANOR PARKER-1922-ACTRESS MILDRED "BABE" DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS (1911-1956)-CHAMPION AND OLYMPIC ATHLETE. NAMED ATHLETE OF THE CENTURY. CO-FOUNDER, LADIES PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSN.
27 HELEN KELLER (1880-1968)-WRITER, LECTURER, CHAMPION FOR THE BLIND AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ACTIVIST FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND WORLD PEACE. GLOBAL SYMBOL OF PERSERVERANCE AND DETERMINATION TO OVERCOME ALL OBSTACLES. HARRIET HUBBARD AYERS (1849-1903)-BEAUTY CREAM MAUFACTURER AND EXPERT, COLUMNIST SALLY PRIESAND-1946-FIRST US WOMAN RABBI RUBY MIDDLETON FORSYTHE-1905-EDUCATOR. TEACHER FOR OVER 50 YEARS IN ONE ROOM SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN IN RURAL SOUTH CAROLINA
28 GILDA RADNER-(1946-1989)-COMEDIENNE, ACTRESS
29 NELLIE TAYLOR ROSS (1876-1977) POLITICIAN, GOV'T OFFICIAL. FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS A GOVERNOR OF A STATE (WYOMING 1925-27). FIRST WOMAN TO HOLD POSITION AS DIRECTOR OF US MINT (1933-35).
30 LENA HORNE-1917-SINGER, ACTRESS SUSAN HAYWARD (1918-1975)-ACTRESS DOROTHY MALONE-1925-ACTRESS
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