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Jenny Patrick becomes the first Black woman in the United States to receive a Ph.D. in chemical engineering (from Massachusetts Institute of Technology). [97] 1980: United States Women and men are enrolled in American colleges in equal numbers for the first time. [318] [319] 1982: United States
Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821 – 31 May 1910) was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council for the United Kingdom. [1]
Chuck Horner – United States Air Force general; commanded Coalition Air Forces during the Gulf War [20] Edward F. Howrey, chair of the Federal Trade Commission [21] Cheryl L. Johnson, lawyer and 36th Clerk of the United States House of Representatives; Patty Judge, former Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and 2016 candidate for the US Senate
Mary Kenneth Keller, B.V.M. (December 17, 1913 – January 10, 1985) was an American Catholic religious sister, educator and pioneer in computer science.She was one of the first people, and the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science in the United States.
Georgia Neese Clark Gray was the first woman Treasurer of the United States; she served under President Harry Truman. [113] [4] Eugenie Anderson became the first woman ever to serve as a chief of mission at the ambassador rank, and as such the first woman to serve as United States Ambassador to Denmark; she served under President Harry S ...
This is a list of the first qualified female physician to practice in each country, where that is known. Many, if not all, countries have had female physicians since time immemorial; however, modern systems of qualification have often commenced as male only, whether de facto or de jure. This lists the first women physicians in modern countries.
She is one of the first African American women to earn a Ph.D. in Psychology. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Howard was an active participant in the American Psychological Association, the International Council of Women Psychologists, the American Association of University Women, the National Association of College Women (an African American-based group), and the ...
While working at the Women's Exponent, Hughes met Wells and Eliza R. Snow. These two women were her mentors and encouraged Hughes in her aspiration to become a doctor. [1]: 10–11 In an October 1873 general conference address, Brigham Young encouraged women, specifically, to enter the medical field and become doctors. The same year, at age ...