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Maria Mitchell was the first female astronomer in the United States as well as the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [20] 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell, born in England, was the first woman to earn a medical degree in America. [21] [4]
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).
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 ...
First first lady not to have been born a citizen of the United States or in what would later become the United States. [a] She was naturalized in 2006. [93] [94] [95] First first lady to be fluent in a Slavic language. [96] First first lady to fly in a V-22 Osprey aircraft. [97] First first lady to visit Malawi. [98]
Born in New Mexico, Adelina “Nina” Otero-Warren made her mark by being the first woman of Mexican descent to run for U.S. Congress, helping New Mexico ratify the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, and tirelessly advocating for underrepresented populations and public education.
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.
1870: The first all-female jury in America is sworn on March 7, 1870, in Laramie, Wyoming. [9] 1874: Mary Ewing Outerbridge, from Staten Island, introduces tennis to America, creating the first American tennis court at the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club. [12] 1892: The first women's basketball game was played at Smith College, and ...
List of first female pharmacists by country; List of first female physicians by country; List of the first women ordained as priests in the Anglican Church of Australia in 1992; List of the first 32 women ordained as Church of England priests