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Rosa Parks. Ketanji Brown Jackson.Ida B. Wells. Kamala Harris. They're just a few of many Black women in history whose names represent a legacy of unparalleled achievement.. These women, along ...
January 20 - Kamala Harris inaugurated as the first woman to serve as Vice President of the United States, making her the most powerful woman in America's political history, first in the line of succession to the US Presidency. January 20 - Kamala Harris became the first woman President of the United States Senate in U.S. history.
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 ...
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 ...
Influential in winning voting rights for women in 1893 (the first country and national election in which women were allowed to vote) [17] 1800–1874: Tarabai Shinde: India: 1850: 1910: 1800–1874: Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff: United Kingdom: 1814: 1897: Early pioneer feminist [35] 1800–1874: Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick: United Kingdom: 1845: ...
1960: Wilma Rudolph, track and field champion, became the first American woman to win three gold medals in the Rome Olympics. [106] She elevated women's track to a major presence in the United States. As a member of the black community, she is also regarded as a civil rights and women's rights pioneer.
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.
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]