Belva Ann Lockwood becomes the first woman lawyer to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. 1881 American Red Cross is founded by Clara Barton . Louise Blanchard Bethune becomes the first woman elected to full membership in the American Institute of Architects. 1893 New Zealand becomes the first nation to grant women the right to vote. The first women's intercollegiate basketball game in the United States is held, with Stanford University defeating the University of California at Berkeley.
Australian women get the right to vote in all federal elections.
Vida Goldstein runs for the senate there, becoming the first woman in the British Empire to run for a national office. Marie Curie is awarded Nobel Prize for Physics for discovery of radioactivity. Marie Curie is awarded second Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her discovery and isolation of pure radium. The Amateur Athletic Union in the United States allows women to register for swimming events for the first time. 1916 Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic.