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A stamp honoring Virginia Dare, who in 1587 became the first English child born in what became the United States. Native American women previous to and during the time of Colonial America were highly regarded as leaders. Many Indigenous women had decision making power and were respected in their communities.
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
She led grassroots efforts and worked for the National Leadership Committee for the Council for Minority Student Affairs as a civic engagement field manager. [1] In 2012, she joined United We Dream (UWD), an immigrant advocacy organization. [2] She later became the deputy executive director of UWD before becoming executive director in August 2020.
We want equality for women. Down with machismo and male chauvinism.” [4] To this day, that revision remains a part of the final Thirteen Point Platform. The women’s caucus issued demands to the Central Committee of the organization that called for an end to sexual discrimination and the full inclusion of women into the leadership of the ...
The organization's initial mission was to fill a void in young women's leadership and to mobilize young people to become more involved socially and politically in their communities. [ 80 ] In the early 1990s, the riot grrrl movement began in Olympia, Washington and Washington, D.C. ; it sought to give women the power to control their voices and ...
Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement.
Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor in the United States in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1862. [3] [4] Smith declined to serve as mayor. [5] 1923. Emma J. Harvat, first woman elected mayor of Iowa City, Iowa first woman in the United States to be elected mayor of a city with more than 10,000 inhabitants [131] 1951
Women's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first in various states and localities, then nationally in 1920 with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution.