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Luella Coates, November 25, 1985) is believed to be the first licensed woman truck driver. [1] Bates standing next to her FWD model B truck circa 1919. Luella Bates was the first of six female employees of the Four Wheel Drive Auto Co. [2] chosen as test and demonstration drivers and worked as an FWD truck driver from 1918 to 1922. [3]
February is Black History Month. The commemoration began nearly a hundred years ago when historian Carter G. Woodson initiated a week-long observance back in 1926. That recognition evolved over ...
Family quotes from famous people. 11. “In America, there are two classes of travel—first class and with children.” —Robert Benchley (July 1934) 12. “There is no such thing as fun for the ...
The history of mobile food in America dates back to the 17th century and has some surprising (and yummy) turns along the way. Digital Public Library of America 1691: The First Food Trucks
"A house divided against itself cannot stand.", opening lines of Abraham Lincoln's famous 1858 "A House Divided" speech, addressing the division between slave states and free states in the United States at the time. "Four score and seven years ago...", opening of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. [3]
American women achieved several firsts in the professions in the second half of the 1800s. In 1866, Lucy Hobbs Taylor became the first American woman to receive a dentistry degree. [158] In 1878, Mary L. Page became the first woman in America to earn a degree in architecture when she graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...
55 Women’s History Month Quotes To Share With Kids ... American women's rights activist known for her role in the women's suffrage movement ... Anatomy of a Classic: The Celine 16. News. News.
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (October 28, 1842 – October 22, 1932) was an American orator and lecturer. An advocate for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights, Dickinson was the first woman to give a political address before the United States Congress.