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10. Edith Wharton became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1921. While Columbia University has awarded Pulitzer Prizes for more than 100 years, only 31 of them have been given to women ...
A demonstrator holds a sign while gathering on the National Mall during the Women's March in Washington D.C., U.S., on Jan. 21, 2017. Credit - Eric Thayer–Bloomberg—Getty Images
March 12, 1994: The first women were ordained as Church of England priests; 32 women were ordained together. [93] [94] 1992: First women ordained as priests in the Anglican Church of Australia. 1996: On 21 December 1996 Gloria Shipp was the first Aboriginal woman ordained as priest in the Anglican Church of Australia
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 hot comb was an invention developed in France as a way for women with coarse curly hair to achieve a fine straight look traditionally modeled by historical Egyptian women. [44] However, it was Annie Malone who first patented this tool, while her protégé and former worker, Madam C. J. Walker, widened the teeth. [45]
The most powerful women in the world — as deemed by Forbes — have been revealed. With the release of their female-specific 2024 Power List, the magazine has crowned 100 women the ultimate ...
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.
[100] First first lady to hold a paying job outside the White House while her husband was president. [101] [102] First first lady to attend a British coronation. [103] First incumbent first lady to meet with two British monarchs (Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III). [104] First sitting first lady to reach the age of 70. [105]