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The history of women on US stamps begins in 1893, when Queen Isabella became the first woman on a US stamp. [3] Queen Isabella helped support Christopher Columbus 's 1492 voyage , and 1893 marked the end of a year-long celebration of the 400th anniversary of that voyage.
First African American woman star route mail carrier in the U.S. 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 .
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. [1] A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal systems have generally been established as a government monopoly, with a fee on the article prepaid.
Charnae Easton was forced to breast-pump in front of a window. So she sued—and won. Here, she shares her story for the first time. “I am confident that it will never happen to any woman again ...
The U.S. Postal Service has its own uniformed law enforcement agency, but officers have been working under limited authority. New bill in congress would help protect US postal workers Skip to main ...
An August 2012 Implementation Plan set priorities for implementation of the National Action Plan. [3] Full implementation of women, peace, and security objectives put forward by the U.S. National Action Plan has been limited by external challenges ranging from lack of political will among international partners to societal discrimination against women in countries around the world.
A Southern California woman has pleaded guilty in a $150-million counterfeit postage scheme. Pictured are Postal Service trucks parked outside a post office in January. (Nam Y. Huh / Associated Press)
Minnie M. Geddings was born in 1869 to Mary Geddings and William Geddings in Lexington, Mississippi. [2] Though not much is known about her early life, it is possible that her family fared better than many other Black families in the Mississippi Delta as her parents owned a restaurant and she was able to attend Fisk University, a Historically Black University in Nashville, Tennessee. [3]