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1950s in women's sport (27 C) W. Women in war 1945–1999 (5 C, 132 P) Pages in category "1950s in women's history" This category contains only the following page.
Girl groups have been popular at least since the heyday of the Boswell Sisters beginning in the 1930s, but the term "girl group" also denotes the wave of American female pop singing groups who flourished in the late 1950s and early 1960s between the decline of early rock and roll and the British Invasion, many of whom were influenced by doo-wop ...
These are the most popular given names in the United States for all years of the 1950s. 1950. Males. John; James; Robert; ... Females. Mary; Deborah; Debra; Linda ...
Nancy Allen born () June 24, 1950 (age 74) Rosalind Allen born () September 23, 1957 (age 67) (born in New Zealand) Kirstie Alley 1951–2022; Jamie Anne Allman born () April 6, 1977 (age 47) June Allyson 1917–2006; Daniella Alonso born () September 22, 1978 (age 46)
2014: The first women competed in ski jumping at the Olympics. [155] 2014: Jennifer Welter became the first female non-kicker or placekick-holder to play in a men's pro football game; she played running back for the Texas Revolution. [156] 2014: Abbey Holmes became the first woman to kick 100 goals in one regular season of Australian Rules ...
Women first began to attend the U.S. service academies. [179] Shirley Muldowney was the first woman to win a NHRA national event. [170] Emily Howell Warner was the first woman to become an American airline captain. [180] [181] 1977 Janet Guthrie was the first woman to compete in the Daytona 500 and the first woman to lead a NASCAR Winston Cup ...
1950 – 8th [112] – also 2nd most popular star in the UK [113] 1951 – 5th most popular female star [114] 1952 – 12th [115] 1953 – 12th; 1954 – 25th [116] With the exception of The Hoodlum Saint and Jupiter's Darling, no film in which Williams starred for MGM lost money and some were extremely profitable. [117]
The following is a list of female dancers by nationality ... Merrill Ashley (born 1950), ballet dancer, principal dancer, New York City Ballet;