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The first American woman and the third woman ever to go to space, flying on the Challenger in 1983, Ride was also the first known LGBTQ+ astronaut. She spent 27 years with her partner Tam O ...
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
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.
The photograph depicts Martin Luther King Jr. waving to supporters during the March on Washington, where he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech, considered the most famous American oration of the twentieth century. [57] [s 4]
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 ...
This list of famous African American women to know in 2024 includes singers, actors, athletes, entrepreneurs, politicians and more inspiring modern Black women.
Here are several, in alphabetical order, who have left permanent marks on American horticultural history: JANE COLDEN In the 1750s, Colden became the first female American botanist.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:18th-century American people. It includes American people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:18th-century American men