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Women Race Car Drivers

NASCAR has allowed female drivers since its start in 1949 and several women raced that first year -  Sara Christian, raced in the inaugural NASCAR race but was unable to complete the race. 

After 1949 female racers were pretty much nonexistent until 1976, when Janet Guthrie participated in the 1976 World 600, finishing 15th -placing ahead of Dale Earnhardt. 

In 1988, Shawna Robinson became the first woman to win a NASCAR Touring Series event and in 2003 she would also use the first all-female pit crew for a race at Texas Motor Speedway.

In 2004, The Drive for Diversity program was founded by NASCAR and female and minority drivers became more prevalent.

NO Woman has ever won the Indy 500 but five women have competed-Janet Guthrie(1977-79),Lyn St. James(1992-97, 2000),Sarah Fisher(2000-04, 2007), Danica Patrick (2005-07)and Milka Duno (2007).
When I was doing the research for this post, all I could find I initially searched for woman race car driver was a bunch of inappropriate halloween costumes. Come on young ladies, we need more women in this career field! 

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One Day it Will Happen!!!

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Political Firsts

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Here's some Political Firsts for Women

• 1933 - Frances Perkins is appointed secretary of labor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (first woman cabinet)
• 1960 - Oveta Culp Hobby becomes the first woman to serve as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by President Eisenhower. 
• 1964 - Margaret Chase Smith, of Maine, becomes the first woman nominated for president at the Republican National Convention. 
• 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor is appointed the first woman Justice by President Reagan to the Supreme Court.
• 1984 - Geraldine Ferraro was the first female Vice Presidential candidate
• 1993 - Janet Reno becomes the first woman U.S. attorney general by President Bill Clinton
• 1997 - Madeleine Albright is sworn in as U.S. secretary of state by President Bill Clinton
• 2005 - Condoleezza Rice becomes the first African-American female Secretary of State by President George W. Bush
• 2007 - First Speaker of the House - Nancy Pelosi

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