| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| July 1 | Twyla Tharp born 1942 |
| July 2 | Amelia Earhart loses radio contact in the Pacific, 1937 |
| July 3 | Maria Martin born 1796 |
| July 4 | Gertrude Lawrence born 1901 |
| July 5 | Juanita M. Kreps becomes the first female governor of the New York Stock Exchange, 1972 |
| July 6 | Beatrix Potter born 1866 |
| July 7 | Martina Navratilove wins her third straight Wimbledon singles crown, 1984 |
| July 8 | Kathe Kollwitz born 1867 |
| July 9 | June Jordan born 1936 |
| July 10 | First meeting of the National Women's Political Caucus, 1971 |
| July 11 | Susan Warner born 1819 |
| July 12 | Kirsten Flagstad born 1895 |
| July 13 | Pilot Cora Sterling becomes the first female aerial police officer in Seattle, 1934 |
| July 14 | Gertrude Bell born 1868 |
| July 15 | Iris Murdoch born 1919 |
| July 16 | Ida Wells-Barnet born 1862 |
| July 17 | Christina Stead born 1902 |
| July 18 | Geraldine A Ferroaro is nominated for Vice President of the US, 1984 |
| July 19 | Declaration of Sentiments is adopted at the first US women's rights convention, Seneca Falls, NY 1848
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal..." |
| July 20 | Barbara Mikulski born 1936 |
| July 21 | Louise Bethune born 1856 |
| July 22 | Amy Vanderbilt born 1908 |
| July 23 | Harriet Strong born 1844 |
| July 24 | Cynthia Moss born 1940 |
| July 25 | Annette Abbott Adams is sworn in as the first female district attorney of the US (northern CA District), 1918 |
| July 26 | Burmese human rights leader Aung San Suu Kyi is placed under house arrest, 1989 |
| July 27 | Dorothy Hammill born 1956 |
| July 28 | Elizabeth Ellery Bailey is confrmed as the first female member of the Civil Aeronautics Board, 1977 |
| July 29 | Flo Hyman born 1954 |
| July 30 | Emma Gillett born 1852 |
| July 31 | Helena Blavatsky born 1831 |