December 20, 1726 – It is on this date that Hannah Callowhill Penn, widow of William Penn, dies at age fifty-five. She governed the Province of Pennsylvania during her husband’s six years of disability following a stroke, and then for another eight years after his death in 1718. Hannah Penn was the first woman to be granted the status of Honorary Citizen of the United States which took an Act of Congress (PL 98-516) and was awarded by President Ronald Reagan in 1984.
This is an excerpt from the book, "Women's History: Trivia, Firsts, & Musings by Paula C. Henderson https://amzn.to/3C2WWN2
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