Anne Lapidus Lerner was named Vice Chancellor for public affairs at the Jewish Theological Seminary, becoming the first woman to hold a Vice Chancellor post at the Seminary.

Martha Minow was appointed Dean of Harvard Law School, becoming the second Jewish woman to hold the position.

Haviva Ner-David's book "Life on the Fringes," about her commitment to an evolving feminist Orthodoxy and her quest for rabbinic ordination, was published.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) begins its work for women's equality.

Poet Adrienne Rich made headlines by refusing to accept the National Medal for the Arts.

Advice columnists Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby) were born as Esther Pauline and Pauline Esther Friedman.

Birth of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, daughter of a German Jewish immigrant father and a Mexican Catholic mother.

Abigail Levy Franks, the most noted of American Jewish colonial letter writers, wrote her son Naphtali, admonishing him to eat nothing but "bread & butter" wherever food preparation was "not done after our Strict Judiacall [kosher] method."

Jennie Tourel, beloved opera singer and one of the first artists to teach in Israel, performed alongside Leonard Bernstein atop Mount Scopus to commemorate the end of the Six-Day War.

Hortense Calisher's award-winning short story "The Middle Drawer" was published in the "New Yorker."

"Still Crossing," a dance choreographed by Liz Lerman, was performed in Manhattan's Battery Park as part of the celebration of the centennial of the Statue of Liberty.

"When Harry Met Sally," with a screenplay by Nora Ephron, was released. The screenplay was later nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.

Death of political activist and trade unionist Clara Lemlich Shavelson.

Tillie Lewis, who introduced Italian tomatoes to America, opened the first cannery owned by a woman on her 34th birthday.

Lyricist Dorothy Fields, who wrote the classics "On the Sunny Side of the Street" and "The Way You Look Tonight," was born.

Rose Schneiderman was elected vice chairman of the newly-formed New York State Labor Party.

When Jetskalina Phillips, a retired Kansas schoolteacher, made a generous bequest for the establishment of a Judaica curatorship at Boston’s MFA, the MFA tapped a Renaissance scholar with a hardy work ethic to build its collection.

Simone Veil, first European Parliament president, received the first Johanna Löwenherz Award, a bequest from a 19th century feminist.

A Summer Institute in Women's History, held at Sarah Lawrence College from July 13-29, 1979 immersed 43 female leaders in women's history and led to the creation of Women's History Month.

The "New York World" published Emma Goldman's anarchist manifesto, "What I Believe."

Jewish Women International (JWI) sponsored the first conference on domestic abuse in the Jewish community, entitled "Pursuing Truth, Justice and Righteousness: A Call to Action," in Baltimore, Maryland.

Silent film star Theda Bara was born.

An avid student of history, Selma Stern-Taeubler became the founding director of the American Jewish Archives.

Blu Greenberg was honored with Hadassah's highest honor, the Henrietta Szold award, at a convention banquet.

The "International Encyclopedia of Dance," edited by dance historian Selma Jeanne Cohen, was reviewed in the "New York Times."

Artistic iconoclast and literary pioneer Gertrude Stein dies in France.

The "Jewish Exponent" announced that Henrietta Szold would be moving to Philadelphia from her home in Baltimore to serve as the secretary and first paid employee of the Jewish Publication Society.

Deborah Kaufman's documentary film, "Blacks and Jews," aired on PBS.

The WAVES program, enlisting female volunteers in the U.S. Navy, was established. Miriam Miller was among the first enlistees.

Blanche Wolf Knopf, longtime leader of the publishing company Alfred A. Knopf, was born.

Canadian Bobbie Rosenfeld won an Olympic silver medal in the 100-meter race. The 1928 Olympics, held in Amsterdam, were the first in which women were allowed to compete in track & field events.