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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.
Isabel González (May 2, 1882 – June 11, 1971) [1] was a Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans to be given United States citizenship.As a young unwed pregnant woman, González had her plans to find and marry the father of her unborn child derailed by the United States Treasury Department when she was excluded as an alien "likely to become a public charge" upon her ...
President of National Women's Suffrage Association 1904–1915: 1800–1874: Kate Sheppard: New Zealand: 1848: 1934: Influential in winning voting rights for women in 1893 (the first country and national election in which women were allowed to vote) [17] 1800–1874: Tarabai Shinde: India: 1850: 1910: 1800–1874: Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff ...
The first lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House.The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, but, on occasion, the title has been applied to women who were not presidents' wives, such as when the president was a bachelor or widower, or when the wife of the president was unable to fulfill the duties of the first lady.
Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.
Margaret Woodrow Wilson (April 16, 1886 – February 12, 1944) was the eldest child of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Louise Axson.After her mother's death in 1914, Margaret served her father as the White House social hostess, [1] the title later known as first lady, acting in this capacity until her father remarried in 1915.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz cited a Bible verse at Tuesday's Vice Presidential debate against Sen. JD Vance. Here's what is says.
The following is a list of female U.S. presidential and vice presidential nominees and invitees. Nominees are candidates nominated or otherwise selected by political parties for particular offices. Listed as nominees or nomination candidates are those women who achieved ballot access in at least one state (or, before the institution of ...