Freedom Calendar 11/12/05 - 11/19/05

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

November 13, 2002, U.S. Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH) elected as Chair of House Republican Conference; she is highest-ranking woman in House majority leadership in U.S. history.

November 14, 1824, Birth of U.S. Rep. James Ashley (R-OH), author of constitutional amendment to ban slavery.

November 15, 1983, President Ronald Reagan’s nominee to Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Susan Meredith Phillips, confirmed as first woman to serve as Chairman.

November 16, 1948, Death of California Republican Florence Kahn, first Jewish woman to serve in U.S. House of Representatives, 1925-37.

November 17, 2003, First generation immigrant, Austrian-American Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, sworn in as Governor of California.

November 18, 1872, Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting, after boasting to Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she voted for 'the Republican ticket, straight'

November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address, calling for 'a new birth of freedom'.

“We continue to work for an America where individuals are celebrated for their abilities, not judged by their disabilities.”

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 Abraham Lincoln or Indian Heritage Month

Related: Saturday, November 05, 2005 Freedom Calendar 11/05/05 - 11/12/05, 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