#OnThisDay, 1 Mar 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first woman of colour to become a doctor of medicine in the USA.
This photo is identified as both Rebecca Crumpler and Mary Eliza Mahoney.
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#OnTheDay, 2 Mar 1977, Bette Davis receives the American Film Institute's lifetime achievement award. She is the first woman to win it.
Of the 49 recipients to date, 11 have been women.
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#OnThisDay, 3 Mar 1913, thousands of women march through Washington DC in the Suffrage Parade. They are led by Inez Milholland, a lawyer, on a white horse.
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