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  2. Women on US stamps - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion - Wikipedia

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    The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed the "Six Triple Eight", was a predominantly Black battalion of the US Women's Army Corps (WAC) [1] that managed postal services. The 6888th had 855 women and was led by Major Charity Adams. [2] It was the only predominantly Black US Women's Army Corps unit sent overseas during World War ...

  4. Mail carrier - Wikipedia

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    19th-century English postman . A mail carrier, also referred to as a mailman, mailwoman, mailperson, postal carrier, postman, postwoman, postperson, person of post, [1] letter carrier (in American English), or colloquially postie (in Australia, [2] Canada, [3] New Zealand, [4] and the United Kingdom [5]), is an employee of a post office or postal service who delivers mail and parcel post to ...

  5. Fake stamp scheme run by California woman cost US Postal ...

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    A woman running a California shipping company cost the U.S. Postal Service more than $150 million by creating her own fake stamps, federal officials say.

  6. Megan Brennan - Wikipedia

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    On November 14, 2014, the U.S. Postal Service's Board of Governors voted to appoint Brennan postmaster general to succeed Patrick R. Donahoe, who was set to retire in February 2015. In May 2018, the Washington Post reported that President Trump personally pushed her to double the rates on Amazon and other firms. [8]

  7. ‘12 Badass Women’ by Huffington Post

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    Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.

  8. 10 Reasons Why Every American Woman Should Vote In November

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    History tells us that matters like marriage equality, voting rights, abortion access and campaign finance are often adjudicated through the court system. Currently, the Supreme Court is made up of eight justices, the ninth seat vacant since Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in February.

  9. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Postal service in the United States began with the delivery of stampless letters whose cost was borne by the receiving person, later encompassed pre-paid letters carried by private mail carriers and provisional post offices, and culminated in a system of universal prepayment that required all letters to bear nationally issued adhesive postage stamps.