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Anita Florence Hemmings (June 8, 1872 – 1960) was known as the first African American woman to graduate from Vassar College. [1] As she was of both African and European ancestry, she passed as white for socioeconomic benefits. After graduation, Hemmings became a librarian at the Boston Public Library.
Salsa Soul Sisters, Third World Wimmin Inc Collective, the first "out" organization for lesbians, womanists and women of color formed in New York City. 1975. April 30 – In the pilot episode of Starsky and Hutch, Richard Ward plays an African-American supervisor of white American employees for the first time on TV. 1976
Born Fredericka Douglass Sprague in Rochester, New York, on August 9, 1872. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She was the daughter of Rosetta Douglass and granddaughter of Frederick Douglass . [ 4 ] She was the fifth oldest child of the seven children of Rosetta Douglass Sprague and Nathan Sprague. [ 5 ]
1872 Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for President of the United States. [37] [4] 1873 Ellen Swallow Richards was one of first American women to become a professional chemist and first to earn a degree in Chemistry; she was the first woman to graduate from school of science or technology in America (Massachusetts Institute of ...
Born in New Mexico, Adelina “Nina” Otero-Warren made her mark by being the first woman of Mexican descent to run for U.S. Congress, helping New Mexico ratify the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, and tirelessly advocating for underrepresented populations and public education.
Charlotte E. Ray (January 13, 1850 – January 4, 1911) was an American lawyer. She was the first black American female lawyer in the United States. [1] [2] Ray graduated from Howard University School of Law in 1872.
A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
Free Women of Color with their Children and Servants, oil painting by Agostino Brunias, Dominica, c. 1764–1796.. In the context of the history of slavery in the Americas, free people of color (French: gens de couleur libres; Spanish: gente de color libre) were primarily people of mixed African, European, and Native American descent who were not enslaved.