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Margaret Abbott was the first American woman to win an Olympic event (women's golf tournament at the 1900 Paris Games); she was the first American woman, and the second woman overall to do it. [52] Carro Clark was the first American woman to establish, own and manage a book publishing firm (The C. M. Clark Company opened in Boston). [53] 1905
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:18th-century American people. It includes American people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:18th-century American men
American women achieved several firsts in the professions in the second half of the 1800s. In 1866, Lucy Hobbs Taylor became the first American woman to receive a dentistry degree. [158] In 1878, Mary L. Page became the first woman in America to earn a degree in architecture when she graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...
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]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:18th-century American writers. It includes American writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:18th-century American male writers
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.
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834), American poet and writer, first American woman writer to make abolition of slavery her main theme; Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880), American poet, novelist and journalist; Caroline Clive (1801–1872), English poet and novelist; Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808–1825), American poet
Physician, supporter of birth control as means of emancipation of women [78] 1800–1874: Beatrice Webb: United Kingdom: 1858: 1943: Socialist feminist: 1800–1874: Ida B. Wells: United States: 1862: 1931: Civil rights and anti-lynching activist, suffragist noted for her refusal to avoid media attention because she was African American: 1800 ...