| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| August 1 | Harriett Quimby becomes the first licensed female pilot in the US, 1911 |
| August 2 | Myrna Loy born 1905 |
| August 3 | Phyllis Dorothy James born 1920 |
| August 4 | Susanna Wright born 1697 |
| August 5 | Mary Ritter Beard born 1876 |
| August 6 | Qeen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of US Congress, 1941 |
| August 7 | Mata Hari born 1876 |
| August 8 | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings born 1896 |
| August 9 | Whitney Houston born 1963 |
| August 10 | Anna J Cooper born 1859 |
| August 11 | Sarah Bernhardt makes her stage debut in Ighigenie in Paris, 1862 |
| August 12 | Katharine Lee Bates born 1859 |
| August 13 | Lucy Stone born 1818 |
| August 14 | Robyn Smith born 1944 |
| August 15 | Linda Ellerbee born 1944 |
| August 16 | Margaret Mitchell dies, 1949 |
| August 17 | Laura de Force Gordon born 1838 |
| August 18 | Tennessee becomes the 36th and final state to ratify the 19th Amendment, 1920 |
| August 19 | Mary Belle Harris born 1874 |
| August 20 | Abbey Theatre in Dublin founded 1904 |
| August 21 | Lili Boulanger born 1893 |
| August 22 | Katherine anne Porter embarks on a voyage from Veracruz, Mexico to Bremerhaven, Germany, 1931 |
| August 23 | Sharah Whiting born 1847 |
| August 24 | Margaret Fairles Barber, aka Michael Fairless, dies 1901 |
| August 25 | Malvina Reynolds born 1900 |
| August 26 | The 19th Amendment takes effect: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex, " 1920 |
| August 27 | Sophia Smith born 1910 |
| August 28 | Rita Dove born 1952 |
| August 29 | Dinah Washington born 1924 |
| August 30 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley born 1797 |
| August 31 | Maria Montessori born 1870 |