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Maria Mitchell was the first female astronomer in the United States as well as the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [20] 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell, born in England, was the first woman to earn a medical degree in America. [21] [4]
Kamala Harris, United States (2021–present): The first woman to be inaugurated as Vice President of the United States in American history. Sandra Mason, Barbados (2021–present): The first time that a country's first president was female (Barbados has not had a male president to date).
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]
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 ...
In June 1863, Harriet Tubman became the first woman to plan and execute an armed expedition in United States history. Acting as an advisory to Colonel James Montgomery and his 300 soldiers, Tubman led them in a raid in South Carolina from Port Royal to the interior, some twenty-five miles up the Combahee River, where they freed approximately ...
The first lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House.The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, but, on occasion, the title has been applied to women who were not presidents' wives, such as when the president was a bachelor or widower, or when the wife of the president was unable to fulfill the duties of the first lady.
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.
View history; Tools. Tools. ... First first lady to support women's suffrage. [12] ... List of First Lady of the United States firsts.