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This is a list of prominent historical Pennsylvania women: Mary Ambler (1805–1868) [1] Marian Anderson (1897–1993) [2] / [1] Nellie Bly (1864–1922) [1] Pearl S ...
Jon & Kate Gosselin, reality TV personalities (Jon & Kate Plus 8), family of 10 with sextuplets and twins—Wyomissing; Andy Gresh, talk show host, television host, color commentator—Brownsville; Rich Gunning, announcer—Philadelphia; Marc Lamont Hill, BET News correspondent, CNN political commentator—Philadelphia
1993: Halli Reid became the first woman to swim across Lake Erie, swimming from Long Point, Ontario, to North East, Pennsylvania, in 17 hours. [ 108 ] [ 109 ] [ 110 ] 1994: Catherine Destivelle becomes the first woman to complete the winter free solo of the " north face trilogy of the Eiger , the Grandes Jorasses , and the Matterhorn .
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Emma A. Hunter (1831–1904) was an American telegraph operator from West Chester, Pennsylvania. She was hired by the Atlantic and Ohio Telegraph Company in 1851 and worked as a telegrapher until 1868. She is known as the second female telegrapher in Pennsylvania, preceded only by Helen Plummer of Greenville in 1850. Although she was widely ...
Mauricio Toro/Getty Images. 5. Eloise. Eloise has French and German roots and dual meanings of “brave warrior” and “healthy and wide.” It’s also the name of the mischievous and charming ...
First female (Pennsylvania Supreme Court): Anne X. Alpern (1927) in 1961 [14] First female (commonwealth court): Genevieve Blatt in 1972 [15] First female (Superior Court of Pennsylvania’s Intermediate Appeals Court): Phyllis W. Beck in 1981 [16] [17] First African American female (Pennsylvania Supreme Court): Juanita Kidd Stout in 1988 [13]
Anne Hutchinson was the first American woman to start a Protestant sect. [1] 1640 Anne Bradstreet was the first published poet in the British North American colonies. [2] 1647 Margaret Brent was the first American woman to demand the right to vote. [3] [4] 1649 Sarah White Norman and Mary Vincent Hammon were charged with "lewd behavior upon a ...