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This is a list of American women's firsts, noting the first time that an American woman or women achieved a given historical feat. Inclusion on the list is reserved for achievements by American women that have significant historical impact.
Kamala Harris, United States (2021–present): The first woman to be inaugurated as Vice President of the United States in American history. Sandra Mason, Barbados (2021–present): The first time that a country's first president was female (Barbados has not had a male president to date).
1837: The first American convention held to advocate women's rights was the 1837 Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women held in 1837. [4] [5] 1837: Oberlin College becomes the first American college to admit women. 1840: The first petition for a law granting married women the right to own property was established in 1840. [6]
Women's history is much more than chronicling a string of "firsts." Female pioneers have long fought for equal rights and demanded to be treated equally as they chartered new territory in fields ...
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The earliest women living in what is now the United States were Native Americans. European women arrived in the 17th century and brought with them European culture and values. During the 19th century, women were primarily restricted to domestic roles in keeping with Protestant values. The campaign for women's suffrage in the United States ...
First first lady. [1]First first lady to be born in Virginia. [2]First first lady to have been born in the 18th century. [2]First first lady to have had children when she became first lady.
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