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First woman to earn a Philosophy doctorate degree. [42] [43] 1732 Laura Bassi: First woman to officially teach at a European university. [44] [45] [46] 1874 Grace Annie Lockhart: First woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor's degree: 1875 Stefania Wolicka-Arnd: First woman to receive a PhD in the modern era. [47] [48] 1891 Juana Miranda
She was the first African American and the first woman to be invited to present this annual lecture. She also taught summer courses for teachers at the Hampton Institute in Virginia and the Institute for Colored Youth in Cheyney, Pennsylvania and was a supporter of Charlotte Hawkins Brown's Palmer Institute in Sedalia, North Carolina.
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 ...
The first Women's History Day was held in 1909. ... Despite being struck by an avalanche during her climb, editor and piano teacher Junko Tabei topped Mount Everest on May 16, 1975. She was the ...
Maria W. Stewart (née Miller) (1803 – December 17, 1879) was an American writer, lecturer, teacher, and activist from Hartford, Connecticut.She was the first known American woman to publicly lecture on the abolitionist movement.
Shortly after her court challenge, Iowa amended its licensing statute and became the first state to accept women and minorities into its bar. During her career, Mansfield worked primarily as an educator and activist, teaching at Iowa Wesleyan College and DePauw University. At the latter, she also became a university administrator, serving ...
The first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls in 1848 where a declaration was drafted and signed. It called for the right to vote, equal education rights and treatment under the law.
The first women are sent abroad to study (but are banned from studying abroad in 1929). [77] Bahrain The first public primary school for girls. [145] Egypt The first women students are admitted to Cairo University. [145] Ghana Jane E. Clerk is one of two students in the first batch at Presbyterian Women's Training College. [266] 1929: Greece