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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]
Anna Johnson Dupree (1891–1977), business owner and philanthropist; Les Eaves, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for White County; former Houston resident [34] Gary Elkins, politician [35] Tilman J. Fertitta, businessman and reality TV personality; Nobia A. Franklin (1892–1934), African American beauty mogul
In 1912, Joseph Jay Pastoriza introduced property tax reform to Houston. The "Houston Single Tax Plan" was based on Georgist principles and redistributed property tax burden from owners of personal property and developed land to owners of undeveloped land. While the Houston Plan was not a true single tax, it re-weighted appraisals to 70 percent ...
Kathryn Jean Whitmire (née Niederhofer; born August 15, 1946) is an American politician, businesswoman, and accountant best known as the first woman to serve as Mayor of Houston, serving for five consecutive two-year terms from 1982 to 1992. From 1977 to 1981, she was the city controller, a position which made her the first woman elected to ...
Marcelite Cecile Jordan Harris was born on January 16, 1943 in Houston, Texas, United States, to Cecil O’Neal Jordan and Marcelite Elizabeth (Terrell) Jordan. [2] She graduated from Spelman College, earning her B.A. in speech and drama and completed Officer Training School, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in 1965 and held a variety of assignments in the Air Force.
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Thad Hutcheson (1915–1986), Houston lawyer and Republican politician; Kay Bailey Hutchison (born 1943), first woman U.S. Senator from Texas, 1993–2013; Frank N. Ikard (1913–1991), U.S. representative from Texas's 13th congressional district, 1951–1961; Sarah Isgur (born 1982), attorney and political analyst
Sarah Palin was the first female vice presidential nominee of the Republican Party. [250] Ann E. Dunwoody was the first female four-star general in the U.S. Army. [251] The New Hampshire Senate became the first state legislative body to hold a majority of female members (13 out of 24). 2009