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19th-century American women scientists (3 C, 121 P) Wives of Joseph Smith (11 P) 19th-century American sportswomen (42 P) W. 19th-century American women writers (2 C ...
Pages in category "19th-century American women writers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,485 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
9 19th-century (date of birth unknown) 10 1800s. 11 1810s. 12 1820s. 13 ... (1807–1834), American poet and writer, first American woman writer to make abolition of ...
The publication of A Woman Of The Century was undertaken to create a biographical record of notable 19th-century women. It included biographies of women considered noteworthy because of their actions in the church, at the bar, in literature and music, in art, drama, science and invention or in social and political reform philanthropy.
Many women in the 19th century were involved in reform movements, particularly abolitionism. [85] In 1831, Maria W. Stewart (who was African-American) began to write essays and make speeches against slavery, promoting educational and economic self-sufficiency for African Americans. The first woman of any color to speak on political issues in ...
Five women officers of the Women's League in Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1899. The club movement [1] is an American women's social movement that started in the mid-19th century and spread throughout the United States. [1] It established the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform public policy.
Margaret Abbott was the first American woman to win an Olympic event (women's golf tournament at the 1900 Paris Games); she was the first American woman, and the second woman overall to do it. [52] Carro Clark was the first American woman to establish, own and manage a book publishing firm (The C. M. Clark Company opened in Boston). [53] 1905
Amanda America Dickson (November 20, 1849 – June 11, 1893) was an African-American socialite in Georgia who became known as one of the wealthiest African-American women of the 19th century after inheriting a large estate from her white planter father.