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Women's History Month This page was last edited on 27 March 2024, at 21:47 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...
Amanda Theodosia Jones established the first all-women's company, called Women's Canning and Preserving Company; 1891 Marie Owens, born in Canada, was hired as America's first female police officer, joining the Chicago Police Department. [46] Irene Williams Coit, was the first woman passing the Yale College entrance examination. [47] 1892
Proponent of women's right to work and to receive education: 1800–1874: Marion Coates Hansen: United Kingdom: 1870: 1947: Suffragette: 1800–1874: Jane Ellen Harrison: United Kingdom: 1850: 1928: 1800–1874: Anna Haslam: Ireland: 1829: 1922: Major figure in early women's movement in Ireland, founded the Dublin Women's Suffrage Association ...
Women may not always get the historical credit their male counterparts do, but as these women show, they were always there doing the work. With their fierce determination and refusal to back down, all of these 12 women were not just ahead of their own times, but responsible for shaping ours.
50+ Influential Latina Women in History 1. Dolores Huerta. ... The river is sacred to the Lencas people and her efforts protected her tribe's access to water, food, and medicine.
Here’s a round-up of important Black historical figures you need to know about. ... Parks became one of the most impactful Black women in American history almost overnight when she refused to ...
The 1920s saw the emergence of the co-ed, as women began attending large state colleges and universities. Women entered into the mainstream middle-class experience, but took on a gendered role within society. Women typically took classes such as home economics, "Husband and Wife", "Motherhood" and "The Family as an Economic Unit".
The Women's History Project Archived 2020-06-18 at the Wayback Machine and The Women's History Project Page increasing public awareness to significant female figures from various countries and cultures, their actions and contributions to humanity.