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Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born on December 25, 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts, a small farming community. [4] She was named after the titular character of Samuel Richardson's novel Clarissa. Her father was Captain Stephen Barton, a member of the local militia and a selectman who influenced his daughter's patriotism and humanitarianism. [2]
Margaret Abbott was the first American woman to win an Olympic event (women's golf tournament at the 1900 Paris Games); she was the first American woman, and the second woman overall to do it. [52] Carro Clark was the first American woman to establish, own and manage a book publishing firm (The C. M. Clark Company opened in Boston). [53] 1905
Mary Fields (c. 1832 – December 5, 1914), also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary, was an American mail carrier who was the first Black woman to be employed as a star route postwoman in the United States.
Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist.She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. [1]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 November 2024. American poet (1830–1886) Emily Dickinson Daguerreotype taken at Mount Holyoke, December 1846 or early 1847; the only authenticated portrait of Dickinson after early childhood Born (1830-12-10) December 10, 1830 Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S. Died May 15, 1886 (1886-05-15) (aged 55 ...
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Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania. [1] She is named after the singer-songwriter James Taylor. [2] [3] Her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, was a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch, and her mother, Andrea Gardner Swift (née Finlay), worked as a mutual fund marketing executive. [4]
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