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Myra Colby Bradwell (February 12, 1831 – February 14, 1894) was an American publisher and political activist.She attempted in 1869 to become the first woman to be admitted to the Illinois bar to practice law, but was denied admission by the Illinois Supreme Court in 1870 and the United States Supreme Court in 1873, in rulings upholding a separate women's sphere. [1]
North Carolina politician, arts and women's rights advocate; first female state cabinet-level secretary in North Carolina Born in Chicago Louis C. Romell: Apr 7, 1899: Feb 5, 1987: State assemblyman for Wisconsin: Born in Chicago Donald Rumsfeld: Jul 9, 1932: Jun 29, 2021: U.S. Congressman, secretary of Defense
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 2025. American football executive (born 1923) Virginia Halas McCaskey Born Virginia Marion Halas (1923-01-05) January 5, 1923 (age 101) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Alma mater Drexel University Spouse Ed McCaskey (m. 1943; died 2003) Children 11, including Michael and George McCaskey Parent George ...
The Pandora myth first appeared in lines 560–612 of Hesiod's poem in epic meter, the Theogony (c. 8th–7th centuries BCE), without ever giving the woman a name. After humans received the stolen gift of fire from Prometheus, an angry Zeus decides to give humanity a punishing gift to compensate for the boon they had been given.
Anna R. Langford [7] (née Riggs; October 27, 1917 – September 17, 2008) [5] [4] was an American politician, civil rights activist, and lawyer who served on the Chicago City Council in Chicago, Illinois. Langford became the first African American woman elected to the Chicago City Council in February 1971.
Forbes named her the world's most powerful celebrity in 2005, [168] 2007, [169] 2008, [151] 2010, [170] and 2013. [171] As chairman of Harpo Inc., she was named the most powerful woman in entertainment by The Hollywood Reporter in 2008. [172] She has been listed as one of the world's 100 most powerful women by Forbes, ranking 14th in 2014 and ...
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Erika Schmidt was the first female director of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. [280] Mia Hamm was the first woman inducted into the World Football Hall of Fame in Pachuca, Mexico. [281] General Motors named Mary Barra as its first female CEO and the first female CEO of a major automaker. [282]