Entrepreneur and fierce defender of First Amendment rights Joyce Meskis purchases the independent bookstore Tattered Cover Books, Inc. She continues to battle the large bookstore chains for market share.
First Lady Betty Ford speaks in public about her mastectomy and urges women to get a checkup for breast cancer.
Washington Post columnist Mary McGrory wins the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, for her work on the Watergate story.
Helen Thomas is the first woman to be the White House bureau chief for a news wire service; she works at the White House for over forty years.
Becky Schroeder receives her first patent for an illuminated writing board (later called the Glo-sheet) while she is a preteen; she is one of the youngest Americans ever to have received a patent.
Well-known tennis star Chris Evert wins both the French Open and Wimbledon; she wins at least one Grand Slam singles title in every year from 1974 to 1986.