| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 1 | First US Postage stamp to honor an African American woman is issued, 1978 |
| February 2 | Sara Stevenson born 1841 |
| February 3 | Lil Hardin Armstron born 1898 |
| February 4 | Betty Friedan born 1921 |
| February 5 | Mary Gardner born 1871 |
| February 6 | Pauline Agassiz Shaw born 1841 |
| February 7 | Swiss women gain the right to vote, 1971 |
| February 8 | Elizabeth II is proclaimed queen of England, 1952 |
| February 9 | Amy Lowell born 1874 |
| February 10 | Edith Clarke born 1883 |
| February 11 | Lydia Maria Child born 1802 |
| February 12 | Lincoln's birthday Juliette Gordon Low establishes the Girl Guides, forerunner of the Girl Scouts of America, 1912 |
| February 13 | Patty Berg born 1918 |
| February 14 | Margaret E. Knight born 1838 |
| February 15 | Suson Brownmiller born 1935 |
| February 16 | First women's six-day bicycle race ends at Madison Square Garden, New York City, 1889 |
| February 17 | Julia De Burgos born 1914 |
| February 18 | Toni Morrison born 1931 |
| February 19 | Kay Boyle born 1902 |
| February 20 | Gloria Vanderbilt born 1924 |
| February 21 | Barbara Jordan born 1936 |
| February 22 | Washington's birthday, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin born 1876 Edna St. Vincent Millay born, 1892 |
| February 23 | Fannie Merritt Farmer born 1857 |
| February 24 | Mary Ellen Chase born 1887 |
| February 25 | Adelle Davis born 1904 |
| February 26 | Sue S Dauser is appointed first female captain in the US Navy, 1944 |
| February 27 | Elizabeth Taylor born 1932 |
| February 28 | Bernadette Peters born 1948
Mary Lyon born 1797 |