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JUNE BIRTHDATE CALENDAR

1

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