# It is International Women's Day. Put your awesome woman-centered story here **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-international-womens-day-put-your-awesome-woman-centered-story-here/998613 "2024-03-08T17:20:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-international-womens-day-put-your-awesome-woman-centered-story-here/998613/1 "2024-03-08T17:20:49Z")
The first female to be “governor” was Carolyn B. Shelton. In 1909, she was Oregon’s Governor Chamberlain 's private secretary and when he had to leave for Washington DC to become US Senator, he put her in charge of the state as Acting-Governor. She held the position just over the weekend. The first woman to actually carry out the duties as Acting-Governor was New Mexico Secretary of State Soledad Chacon. In 1924, Governor Hickle left the state to go to New York and as the Lieutenant Governor had died previously Chacon was fully the Acting-Governor during his absence. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-international-womens-day-put-your-awesome-woman-centered-story-here/998613/2 "2024-03-08T17:39:09Z")
I have to mention Jeanette Rankin, the first female US congressperson and a true pacifist. She is from my home state of Montana. “No history of American representative government could properly be written without a major reference to Representative Jeannette Rankin. The Montana Republican carries the distinction of being the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. That singular event occurred in 1916. A year later, she earned a second distinction by joining 49 of her House colleagues in voting against U.S. entry into World War I. That vote destroyed her prospects for reelection in 1918.” ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-international-womens-day-put-your-awesome-woman-centered-story-here/998613/3 "2024-03-08T17:48:15Z")
She also voted against WW2. The only Congressperson to vote against both wars. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-international-womens-day-put-your-awesome-woman-centered-story-here/998613/4 "2024-03-08T18:11:06Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > She also voted against WW2. The only Congressperson to vote against both wars. As I mentioned, a true pacifist. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-international-womens-day-put-your-awesome-woman-centered-story-here/998613/5 "2024-03-08T22:05:21Z")
Don’t know where else to put this. It’s a study showing which countries do well or are improving with regards to certain women’s issues. I apologize if it is not as requested, but it is an important centred story. > **[The Economist’s glass-ceiling index](https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/glass-ceiling-index)** > > Our annual measure of the role and influence of women in the workforce ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-international-womens-day-put-your-awesome-woman-centered-story-here/998613/6 "2024-03-08T22:14:17Z")
December 2022 was the first time US currency was issued with the signatures of two women - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Treasurer Chief Lynn Malerba. [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/business/janet-yellen-signature-dollar.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/business/janet-yellen-signature-dollar.html) Caitlin Clark, NCAA basketball player for Iowa, recently became the NCAA Div 1’s all-time leading scorer, among both men and women.