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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). [53] 1905
1837: The first American convention held to advocate women's rights was the 1837 Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women held in 1837. [4] [5] 1837: Oberlin College becomes the first American college to admit women. 1840: The first petition for a law granting married women the right to own property was established in 1840. [6]
1983– Dr. Sally K. Ride becomes the first American woman to be sent into space. 1984 – Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first woman to be nominated to be vice president on a major party ticket.
May 10–11: Tenth National Woman's Rights Convention held at The Cooper Union in New York City. [5] May 14: First Woman's National Loyal League Convention held at the Church of the Puritans in New York City. [5] 1867. May 9–10: First annual meeting of the American Equal Rights Association (AERA) is held in New York City. [11] 1869
Wyoming Territory: Justice Howe gives women the rights to sit on a jury. [26] The first woman to serve on a jury was Eliza Stewart Boyd. [27] 1871. Mississippi: Married women are granted separate economy, trade licenses, and control over their earnings. [4] Arizona: Married women are granted separate economy. [4]
1861–1865: The American Civil War.Most suffragists focus on the war effort, and suffrage activity is minimal. [3]1866: The American Equal Rights Association, working for suffrage for both women and African Americans, is formed at the initiative of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Women's history is much more than chronicling a string of "firsts." Female pioneers have long fought for equal rights and demanded to be treated equally as they chartered new territory in fields ...
1969: Chicana feminism, also called Xicanisma, is a sociopolitical movement in the United States that analyzes the historical, cultural, spiritual, educational, and economic intersections of Mexican-American women that identify as Chicana. Chicana feminism challenges the stereotypes that Chicanas face across lines of gender, ethnicity, race ...