Born Rachel Frank in San Francisco on April 10, to Leah and Bernard Frank

Begins career as school teacher in Ruby Hill, Nevada

Studies philosophy at University of California-Berkeley

Begins teaching Sabbath school

Writes first articles as newspaper correspondent

Delivers High Holiday sermon to congregation of 1000 in Spokane Falls, Washington, becoming first Jewish woman to preach in the United States

Enrolls in classes at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati

Delivers opening prayer and paper on "Woman in the Synagogue" at the Jewish Women's Congress, at the Chicago World's Fair

Invited to lead Chicago congregation; declines offer

Officiates during High Holy Days at congregation in Victoria, British Columbia

Works to establish branch of National Council of Jewish Women in Oakland, California

"Ray Frank Day" proclaimed at the Oregon Chautauqua, an annual festival of public lectures and entertainment

Marries Simon Litman

Moves to Champaign-Urbana, where Simon joins faculty at University of Illinois; becomes involved with nascent Jewish student groups, precursors to the Hillel movement

Despite earlier opposition to women's suffrage, helps to found the Champaign County League of Women Voters

Helps organize and becomes first president of the Sinai Temple Sisterhood, Champaign-Urbana

Dies at age 87 in Peoria, Illinois