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Taking the Lead

In the 1900s, women made big strides in the workforce. Here are some firsts.

1904 Mary McLeod Bethune establishes a secondary school that will later become a four-year college.

1917 Kate Gleason becomes president of First National Bank of East Rochester, a major bank.

1933 Frances Perkins is appointed U.S. Secretary of Labor. She is the first woman Cabinet member.

1935 Gretchen Schoenleber becomes a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

1945 Dorothy Shaver is named president of Lord & Taylor, a big department store. She earns $110,000 a year, the highest salary then paid to a woman.

1971 Tennis pro Billie Jean King is the first woman athlete to earn $100,000 in a year.

1978 Mary Clarke achieves the rank of major general in the U.S. Army.

1983 Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman to reach outer space.

1999 Cynthia M. Trudell is named president of Saturn. She is the first woman to head a U.S. car company.

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