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This category is for the decade 1950s in women's history. 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; ... Pages in category "1950s in women ...
Bhutto was also the first of only two non-hereditary female world leaders who gave birth to a child while serving in office, the other being Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand. [7] The longest-tenured female non-hereditary head of government is Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh. She served as the country's prime minister from June 1996 to July 2001 and ...
Chairman of UNESCO's social science section – Alva Myrdal – 1950 [12] President of the United Nations General Assembly – Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit – 1953 [13] Permanent Representative – Agda Rössel (Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations) – 1958 [14] Head of the United Nations Children's Fund – Carol Bellamy ...
Joanne L. Howell, first female mayor of Bernards Township, New Jersey. Started the town recycling program. 1980. Elizabeth G. Baumgartner, first women mayor of Madison, New Jersey [257] 1988. Janet Whitman, first female mayor of Summit, New Jersey. 2000. Gwendolyn Faison (1925 – 2021), first female mayor of Camden (2000 - 2010) 2002
Early 1950s women wore small hats over hair cut short, à la Audrey Hepburn. As the 1950s progressed, so too did fashion, until, by the end of the 1950s, the Jackie Kennedy look was in style. A-lines and loose-fitting dresses became more and more popular, and jackets took on a boxy look. [ 76 ]
Isabel Benham was the first female partner in R.W. Pressprich & Co.'s 55-year history, which also made her the first female partner at any Wall Street bond house. [150] [151] 1964 Alice K. Kurashige became the first Japanese-American woman commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. [152] [153] [154] 1965
Don’t worry, because they’ve all been memorialized in this fascinating map posted by @thehumanityarchive, which shows the most popular baby girl names in the United States from 1950 to 2018 ...
The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the "' 50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II , aided by the post-World War II economic expansion .