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Midwest Mujeres Heritage Series Presents

MARCH

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH


Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society and has been observed annually in the month of March in the United States since 1987


We will get to know these notable Women's leaders in this month's blog series.

  • Ellen Ochoa

  • Sojourner Truth

  • Dolores Huerta








 


 

ELLEN OCHOA

  • Born in 1958 in Los Angeles, CA

  • The first ever Hispanic Woman to go to space in 1993

  • First Hispanic, and second female, director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX

  • Member of the Discovery STS-96 crew that executed the first docking to the International Space Station (ISS) in 1999






Discover more about Ellen Ochoa





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