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Nora Gal (1912–1991) Constance Garnett (1861–1946) Svetlana Geier; Sylvie Gentil ... Women in Translation: An Interview with Margaret Carson & Alta L. Price [105]
Amanda Theodosia Jones established the first all-women's company, called Women's Canning and Preserving Company; 1891 Marie Owens, born in Canada, was hired as America's first female police officer, joining the Chicago Police Department. [46] Irene Williams Coit, was the first woman passing the Yale College entrance examination. [47] 1892
Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 – July 1, 1912) was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
March 12, 1994: The first women were ordained as Church of England priests; 32 women were ordained together. [88] [89] 1992: First women ordained as priests in the Anglican Church of Australia. 1996: On 21 December 1996 Gloria Shipp was the first Aboriginal woman ordained as priest in the Anglican Church of Australia
1912-06-25 1984-12-03 Virginia Proctor Powell Florence: American historian 1897-10-01 1991 Vivian G. Harsh: American librarian: archivist, creator of the Vivian G. Harsh Collection of African American History at the Chicago Public Library 1890-05-27 1960-08-17 Wenche Blomberg: Norwegian children's writer 1943-06-23 2023-10-27 Wilhelmina ...
Champion for women scientists and dedicated crusader for women's reproductive rights [14] Oleta Crain (1913–2007) 1988 Major in the U.S. Army, regional administrator of the Women's Bureau for the U.S. Department of Labor [48] Dana Hudkins Crawford (1931-2025) 1996 Historic preservationist and developer [49] Alicia Cuarón (b. 1939) 2008
Renée Brock (1912–1980, Belgium), poet & fiction wr. in French Sybil le Brocquy (1892–1973, Ireland), pw. & patron Molly Brodak (1980–2020, United States), poet
Leo Eitinger (1912–1996) Barbara Engelking (born 1962) Esther Farbstein (born 1946) Susanne Heim (born 1955) Deborah Lipstadt (born 1947) Dina Porat (born 1943) Livia Rothkirchen (1922–2013) Sybille Steinbacher (born 1966) Rebecca Wittmann (born 1970) Hanna Yablonka (born 1950) Leni Yahil (1912–2007)