#OnThisDayInHistory, Martha Jones is the first black woman to receive a patent for her corn husker and sheller in 1868 #Feminism #ItsAboutDamnTime

#OnThisDayInHistory, Booker T. Washington becomes the first African-American to be honored with a postage stamp in 1940. It would be almost 4 decades before Harriet Tubman becomes the first African-American woman to be so honored. #ItsAboutDamnTime

#OnThisDayInHistory, the first women's collegiate basketball game is played at Smith College in Northampton, MA, in 1893. The sophomores beat the freshmen, and the game lasts 30 minutes. #feminism #ItsAboutDamnTime

#OnThisDayInHistory, the first black-owned and -run newspaper, "Freedom’s Journal," prints its first issue in New York in 1827. The circulation eventually reaches Canada, Haiti, and the UK. #ItsAboutDamnTime

#OnThisDayInHistory, FDR appoints Frances Perkins the Secretary of Labor, making her the first female cabinet member, in 1933. #Feminism #ItsAboutDamnTime

#OnThisDayInHistory, Charlotte E. Ray graduates from Howard University, thereby becoming the first black woman to practice law in the US, in 1872. She applied to school under the name "CE Ray." #feminism #ItsAboutDamnTime

#OnThisDayInHistory, John Herrington becomes the first Native American in space when he embarks on a mission to the International Space Station in 2002. He brings an eagle feather and traditional wooden flute with him. I'm not clear on if he played the flute in space or not. Either way, #ItsAboutDamnTime

#OnThisDayInHistory, Boston Female Medical College opens, becoming the first American institution to teach medical subjects to women, in 1848. The first class had 12 students. #Feminism #ItsAboutDamnTime #YouGoGirls

#OnThisDayInHistory, the Boston Symphony premieres Amy Beach's "Gaelic Symphony," the first symphony by an American woman to gain widespread attention, in 1896. #Feminism #YouGoGirl #ItsAboutDamnTime

#OnThisDayInHistory, the TV show "Beulah" debuts, the first nationally broadcast TV show to star an African-American in a leading role, Ethel Waters, in 1950. Waters would later be the first African-American nominated for an Emmy award. #ItsAboutDamnTime