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2014: On August 15, 2014, Mo'ne Davis was the first girl in Little League World Series history to pitch a winning game for the Taney Dragons and earned the win, [166] and she was also the first girl to pitch a shutout in Little League postseason history. [167] [168]
Some of the most incredible inventors, writers, politicians, & activists have been women. From Ida B. Wells to Sally Ride, here are women who changed the world. 22 Famous Women in History You Need ...
Eastern Kingdom of Women In Tibet, there was Nüguo (Chinese: 女國, lit. "Kingdom of Women"), also known as Dong nüguo (Chinese: 東女國, lit. "Eastern Kingdom of Women"), related to the tribe Sumpa. [63] Several queens regnant of there were recorded in Chinese history books. Supi Mojie (Chinese: 蘇毗末羯) [64] Dajiawa (Chinese ...
Dorothy Tyler was the first known American woman jockey. [55] 1908 Lola Baldwin was the first known woman performing duties as police officer in the United States; she worked at Portland Police Bureau until 1922. The first Mother's Day was observed; Anna Jarvis is noted as the driving force for recognition of this holiday. [56]
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.
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 ...
She has been called "the most remarkable woman of her time", [5] and an important figure in the history of women. [1] Little is known about Hrotsvitha's personal life. [1] All of her writing is in Medieval Latin. [6] Her works were rediscovered in 1501 by the humanist Conrad Celtes and translated into English in the 1600s. [4]
Freeman, also known as Mumbet, was a nurse and midwife who successfully sued Massachusetts for her freedom in 1781, becoming the first African American enslaved woman to win a freedom suit in the ...