Female 'Firsts'

[arghton 6,695]

Harue Kitamura, first female mayor in Japan (Mayor of Ashiya, Hyogo 1991-2003) dead at 93 from aspiration pneumonia and stroke complications:

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/25e4182d6be1e1a43eba44edc38a68374a2e8803

[time 8,590]

Betty Codona, founder of the UK's first Women's Basketball team, awarded the OBE in 1998 for services to the sport, has died aged 83.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbPqKtZswov/?utm_medium=copy_link

 

[arghton 6,695]

Rosario Ibarra, Mexican activist and prominent politician, first woman in Mexico to run for the presidency (1982) dead at 95:

https://aristeguinoticias.com/1604/mexico/fallece-rosario-ibarra-de-piedra-fundadora-del-comite-eureka/

Her son disappeared during the presidency of Luis Echeverria.

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

48 minutes ago, arghton said:

Rosario Ibarra, Mexican activist and prominent politician, first woman in Mexico to run for the presidency (1982) dead at 95:

https://aristeguinoticias.com/1604/mexico/fallece-rosario-ibarra-de-piedra-fundadora-del-comite-eureka/

Her son disappeared during the presidency of Luis Echeverria.

 

 

Well, if it was something she said that prompted the vanishing, he can come out of hiding now!

[drol 11,919]

9 hours ago, arghton said:

Rosario Ibarra, Mexican activist and prominent politician, first woman in Mexico to run for the presidency (1982) dead at 95:

https://aristeguinoticias.com/1604/mexico/fallece-rosario-ibarra-de-piedra-fundadora-del-comite-eureka/

Her son disappeared during the presidency of Luis Echeverria.

95 and still outlived by the monster.... that's sad.

[arghton 6,695]

Irja Askola, first female bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Bishop Emeritus of Helsinki reportedly ill, seems serious:

https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000008773934.html

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Beryl Levine, the first woman appointed to the North Dakota Supreme Court, has died. She was 86. Levine, a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was appointed to the court in 1985. She retired in 1996.

 

https://www.valleynewslive.com/2022/06/06/first-woman-appointed-nd-supreme-court-has-died/

[Sir Creep 7,070]

The first female mayor of Rock Hill, who was known as a civic booster who was instrumental in building its premier recreational complex and other infrastructure, has died. Elizabeth Josephine “Betty Jo” Dunlap Rhea died Monday. She was 91.

Rhea was mayor from 1986 to 1997, leading the city through growth and development of new industries after the region's textile mills closed,

SC

[gcreptile 10,963]

Truly groundbreaking, the first Palestinian woman to be detained by Israel has died at 83:
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/first-ever-palestinian-woman-detained-israel-passes-away

[arghton 6,695]

Kenya's first woman to be a news anchor Catherine Kasavuli hospitalised with cervical cancer, urgently needs a blood transfusion.

[Ulitzer95 12,576]

Times death notice for Brenda Swinbank (wiki), 93, probably the first female professional archaeologist in Britain.

[Sean 6,311]

Just now, Ulitzer95 said:

Times death notice for Brenda Swinbank (wiki), 93, probably the first female professional archaeologist in Britain.

Also mother of former Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood.

[drol 11,919]

On 07/11/2022 at 20:24, arghton said:

Kenya's first woman to be a news anchor Catherine Kasavuli hospitalised with cervical cancer, urgently needs a blood transfusion.

Catherine Kasavuli dead at 60. I had her picked in the AODP and few other places for 2023.

[arghton 6,695]

On 07/11/2022 at 21:24, arghton said:

Kenya's first woman to be a news anchor Catherine Kasavuli hospitalised with cervical cancer, urgently needs a blood transfusion.

Catherine Kasavuli dead at 60.

Edit: self-clive: 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Zandra Flemister, the first Black woman in the U.S. Secret Service, has died. She was 71.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/26/zandra-flemister-first-black-woman-secret-service-dies

[The Old Crem 3,582]

Barbara Everitt Bryant, American market researcher who became the first woman to head the United States Census Bureau has died aged 96. Obit

[The Old Crem 3,582]

Mary Ronnie, New Zealand's first female National Librarian, from 1976 to 1981, and the first woman in the world to head a national library has died aged 96. Obit

[YoungWillz 21,025]

The first female producer in BBC Light Entertainment Yvonne Littlewood reportedly dead aged 95/96: 

She directed the 1963 production of the Eurovision Song Contest as well as producing some versions of A Song For Europe.

 

Worked on musical specials with such as Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, Nana Mouskouri and Petula Clark .and many more, as well as in production of both The Royal Variety Performance and The Children's Royal Variety.

 

Never seemingly mentioned here.

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2345406/

[Ulitzer95 12,576]

Evelyn Boyd Granville (wiki) dead at 99.

One of the first (if we want to be technical, she was the second) African-American women to earn a PhD in mathematics.

Picked by @Summer in Transylvania at various points in the 20/20 pool.

[Gisooo 3,302]

Hettie Simons Love (Wiki), the first African-American woman who earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from any Ivy League University dead at 100

 

[Tango854 278]

On 02/03/2017 at 11:02, Toast said:

 

"African American"  - a euphemism increasingly applied to people who are neither African nor American.

 

If you mean black people, say so. 

What do you mean by 'black people are not americans'?

[Toast 16,129]

5 hours ago, Tango854 said:

On 02/03/2017 at 18:02, Toast said:

 

"African American"  - a euphemism increasingly applied to people who are neither African nor American.

If you mean black people, say so. 

 

What do you mean by 'black people are not americans'?

 

That's not what I said.  Read it again.

[Tango854 278]

4 hours ago, Toast said:

 

That's not what I said.  Read it again.

You very clearly said 'increasingly applied to people who are neither african nor American'.

[Toast 16,129]

10 minutes ago, Tango854 said:

You very clearly said 'increasingly applied to people who are neither african nor American'.

 

That's not saying that black people aren't American! 

"People who are neither African nor American", eg black people who are French, British, Dutch etc.

 

My point was that "African-American" is starting to be wrongly used as a synonym for black non-Americans by people who don't think about what they're saying.

[Tango854 278]

1 minute ago, Toast said:

 

That's not saying that black people aren't American! 

"People who are neither African nor American", eg black people who are French, British, Dutch etc.

 

My point was that "African-American" is starting to be wrongly used as a synonym for black non-Americans by people who don't think about what they're saying.

Never mind, I made a mistake.