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First woman to teach at a university (lectured in law at the University of Bologna) 1384 Katherine, Lady Berkeley: Founded Katharine Lady Berkeley's School, the first founded by a layperson, the first founded by a woman, and the first to offer free education to anyone. [40] 1608 Juliana Morell: First woman to earn a doctorate degree. [41] 1678
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]
Women first began to attend the U.S. service academies. [179] Shirley Muldowney was the first woman to win a NHRA national event. [170] Emily Howell Warner was the first woman to become an American airline captain. [180] [181] 1977 Janet Guthrie was the first woman to compete in the Daytona 500 and the first woman to lead a NASCAR Winston Cup ...
Olympia Brown (1835–1926) – activist, first woman to graduate from a theological school, as well as becoming the first full-time ordained minister, suffrage speaker. [31] Lucy Burns (1879–1966) – women's rights advocate, co-founder of the National Woman's Party. [32] Carrie Chapman Catt and Mary Garrett Hay casting their votes in 1918
This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
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A. List of American film actresses; List of African-American women in classical music; List of African-American women in medicine; List of African-American women in STEM fields