This Week in History

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February 17—February 23

1925

Florence Prag Kahn elected as first Jewish woman in US Congress

Florence Prag Kahn

February 17

1963

Publication of "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan

Betty Friedan

February 17

1916

"New York Times" profile of silent film star, Theda Bara

Theda Bara, 1915

February 20

1942

Early music harpsichordist Wanda Landowska plays Bach at New York City's Town Hall

Wanda Landowska

February 21

1920

"New Orleans Times-Picayune" celebrates 100th birthday of Elizabeth D.A. Cohen, Louisiana's first practicing female physician

February 22

1993

Judith Kaye is nominated as Chief Judge of New York State Court

Judith Kaye, Presidential Libraries Conference, Hyde Park, New York

February 22

2013

Batwoman Proposes Marriage to Maggie Sawyer

Batwoman Proposes to Maggie Sawyer

February 20

1951

Singer Shirley Cohen Steinberg records the beloved Passover song “One Morning”

Shirley Cohen Steinberg

February 23

1980

Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor is born

Regina Spektor in 2006

February 18

1935

Stella Adler premieres Awake and Sing

Stella Adler

February 19

2005

Rain Pryor’s One-Woman Play “Fried Chicken and Latkes” Earns NAACP Theatre Award

Rain Pryor, 1993

February 21

1878

Birth of Mirra Alfassa, Spiritual Leader and Holy Figure

Mirra Alfassa

February 21

1930

Habiba Msika, Tunisian Actress and Singer, is Murdered

Habiba Msika

February 21

1918

Birth of Leila Murad, Egyptian Singer and Actress

Leila Murad, 1947

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