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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
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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).
List of Native American women of the United States; List of Native American women artists; List of Nebraska suffragists; List of Nevada suffragists; List of New Hampshire suffragists; List of New Jersey suffragists; New Jersey Women's Hall of Fame; List of New Mexico suffragists; List of New York (state) suffragists; List of North Carolina ...
First first lady to support women's suffrage. [12] First first lady to publish her memoirs. [12] First first lady to smoke cigarettes. [12] First first lady to successfully lobby for safety standards in federal workplaces. [12] First first lady to plant the first cherry tree saplings that are along Washington, D.C.'s Tidal Basin. [34]
A fraternity is usually understood to mean a social organization composed only of men, and a sorority is composed of women. However, many women's organizations and co-ed organizations also refer to themselves as women's fraternities. This list of North American collegiate sororities and women's fraternities is not exhaustive.
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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]