Freedom Calendar 11/05/05 - 11/12/05

November 5, 2002, Michael Steele, former Chairman of Maryland Republican Party, elected as first African-American Lt. Governor in state history.

November 6, 1956, African-American civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy vote for Republican Dwight Eisenhower for President.

November 7, 1916, Jeannette Rankin, Republican from Montana, becomes first woman elected to U.S. House of Representatives.

November 8, 1840, Birth of Judith Ellen Foster; addressing the 1892 Republican National Convention, she declared: “We are here to help you, and we have come to stay.

November 9, 1938, Republican Gladys Pyle becomes first woman elected to U.S. Senate from South Dakota; earlier had been first woman elected to constitutional office (Secretary of State) and to state legislature.

November 10, 1829, Birth of Charles Mitchell, who with fellow Massachusetts Republican Edward Walker became one of nation’s first two African-American state legislators in 1866.

November 11, 1880, Death of abolitionist, suffragist and Republican activist Lucretia Mott.

November 12, 2001, President George W. Bush proclaims National American Indian Heritage Month.

“We understand every child in America must be educated in order for this country to realize its full promise.”

George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States

SOURCE: 2005 Republican Freedom Calendar more at Freedom Calendar or Republican and Republicans or African-Americans and Martin Luther King or Indian Heritage Month

Related: Thursday, November 03, 2005 National American Indian Heritage Month, Saturday, October 29, 2005 Freedom Calendar 10/29/05 - 11/05/05, Saturday, October 22, 2005 Freedom Calendar 10/22/05 - 10/028/05, Saturday, October 15, 2005 Freedom Calendar 10/15/05 - 10/022/05, Thursday, September 29, 2005 The Opelousas Massacre