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Rebecca Lee Crumpler

Rebecca Lee Crumpler

2/24/1864 — Rebecca Lee Crumpler is awarded a doctoral degree from the New England Female Medical College in Boston, Massachusetts, making her the very first African-American woman to earn a medical degree #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #MedSky #HistMed #woc #SheIsTheFirst #TDIH

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Crystal Bird Fauset

Crystal Bird Fauset

1/28/1938 — Crystal Bird Fauset is elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature, she becomes the first African American female state legislator. She was later appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a Civil Defense race relations advisor #womenshistory #gov #woc #BHM #PolSky #SheIsTheFirst

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Margaret Chase Smith

Margaret Chase Smith

1/27/1964 — Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman elected to both the U.S. House & the U.S. Senate (Maine-R), announces her candidacy for President of the United States at a luncheon of the Women’s National Press Club luncheon #womenshistory #Maine #gov #SheIsTheFirst #PolSky

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Jeannette Rankin For Congress postcard

Jeannette Rankin For Congress postcard

11/7/1916 — Jeanette Pickering Rankin, American suffragist, peace activist, reformer, becomes the first woman elected to the United States Congress, Montana-R (1917-19) #womenshistory #gov #law #SheIsTheFirst #TDIH

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Annie Edson Taylor standing next to her barrel labeled "Queen of the Mist" with a kitten atop.

Annie Edson Taylor standing next to her barrel labeled "Queen of the Mist" with a kitten atop.

10/24/1901 — Annie Edson Taylor (The Queen of the Mist), American teacher, adventurer, becomes the first person go over Niagara Falls and live. In need of money and seeking fame she thought up the attention-getting stunt; she did not know how to swim #womenshistory #SheIsTheFirst #DareDevil #TDIH

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10/13/1939 — Evelyn “Pinky” Kilgore, American pioneer aviator, becomes the first woman to receive a flight instructor’s license from the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Also an aviation instructor at the Tri-City Airport in Southern California #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #aviation #SheIsTheFirst #OTD

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Esther Morris

Esther Morris

8/17/1870 — Esther Morris becomes the first female magistrate in the United States, she is appointed Justice of the Peace for South Pass City, Wyoming #womenshistory #SheIsTheFirst #gov #law #OTD

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Eleanor Annie Lamson looking through telescope

Eleanor Annie Lamson looking through telescope

7/20/1900 — Eleanor Annie Lamson becomes the first female astronomer to be hired by the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, District of Columbia #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistSci #SheIsTheFirst #Navy #military #OTD #TDIH

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Geraldine Lois Fredritz aka Jerrie Mock receiving award

Geraldine Lois Fredritz aka Jerrie Mock receiving award

Jerrie Mock | Spirt Of Columbus

Jerrie Mock | Spirt Of Columbus

5/4/1964 — Jerrie Mock, the first woman to fly around the world solo, is honored with the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency’s Decoration for Exceptional Service for her record-setting 29 day solo flight around the world in a single engine airplane #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #SheIsTheFirst #aviation #OTD

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Oonah Keogh

Oonah Keogh

5/2/1901 — b. Oonah Keogh, Irish investor, stockbroker. The first woman to join the Dublin Stock Exchange in Dublin, Ireland (1925). Likely the first female stockbroker worldwide to be accredited on a national exchange #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #SheIsTheFirst #stockmarkets #OTD

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Annie Oakley | Baker’s Art Gallery | Columbus, Ohio

Annie Oakley | Baker’s Art Gallery | Columbus, Ohio

MIss Annie Oakley, the Peerless Lady Wing-Shot | Buffalo Bill's Wild West poster

MIss Annie Oakley, the Peerless Lady Wing-Shot | Buffalo Bill's Wild West poster

4/24/1885 — Annie Oakley, legendary sharpshooter and America’s first female superstar, is hired by Nate Salsbury to join Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show #womenshistory #HERstory #SheIsTheFirst #sharpshooter #OTD

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#HappyEaster | U.S. Patent for the First Bra | #WomenInSTEM #SheIsTheFirst #textiles #garments #HERstory #USPTO #patents

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4/17/1964 — Jerrie Mock, American aviator, becomes the first woman to fly solo around the world. At age 38, she flew a single engine Cessna 180 which she named “Spirit of Columbus”; the 23k mile, 29 day flight started and ended in Columbus, Ohio #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #SheIsTheFirst #aviation

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Susan Hayhurst

Susan Hayhurst

3/16/1883 — Susan Hayhurst, already a pioneer American female physician, becomes the first woman to graduate from a pharmaceutical college in the United States, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in Pennsylvania #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #HistMed #SheIsTheFirst #OTD

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Cover of "Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black" by Harriet E. Wilson

Cover of "Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black" by Harriet E. Wilson

3/15/1825 — b. Harriet E. Wilson, American author. Wrote the important early African-American literary work, “Our Nig: Sketches From the Life of a Free Black”, Boston, Mass (1858). She was the first Af-Am to publish a novel in the U.S. #WomensHistoryMonth #BlackSky #SheIsTheFirst #woc #OTD

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Bertha Knight Landes

Bertha Knight Landes

3/9/1926 — Bertha Knight Landes is elected the first woman mayor of Seattle, Washington (1926-28); she becomes the first female executive of a major city in the United States. Jenny Durkan was elected the second female mayor of Seattle (2017) #WomensHistoryMonth #GovSky #LawSky #SheIsTheFirst #OTD

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Berthe Wilson seated in Red and White robes

Berthe Wilson seated in Red and White robes

3/4/1982 — Bertha Wernham Wilson CC FRSC, Scottish-Canadian jurist and lawyer becomes the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada #WomensHistoryMonth #womenshistory #SheIsTheFirst #OTD | #Canada #law #gov

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Ida Gray Nelson photo portrait

Ida Gray Nelson photo portrait

3/4/1867 — b. Ida Gray Nelson, American dentist, dental educator. The first African-American woman to earn a doctor of dental surgery degree (DDS); mentored other black women into the dental profession #WomensHistoryMonth #BHM2025 #WomenInSTEM #HistMed #woc #SheIsTheFirst #OTD

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3/2/1860 — b. Suzanna Madora Salter, American government official, temperance leader, activist. The first female mayor in the United States, mayor of Argonia, Kansas; and the first woman elected to any political office in the U.S. (1887) #WomensHistoryMonth #womenshistory #OTD #SheIsTheFirst #gov

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Melinda Gates: The First Woman to Give Away More Than $40... The high-profile philanthropist on why women's issues are...

Melinda Gates is the first woman to give away more than $40 billion to charity #SheIsTheFirst http://ti.me/2vH7dcb

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Sylvia Earle: The First Woman to Become Chief Scientist o... 'It was clear that no one expected women to apply'

Sylvia Earle is the first woman to become chief scientist of the NOAA #SheIsTheFirst http://ti.me/2vH6fNf

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See the Full List of Groundbreaking Women Featured in TIM... From Hillary Clinton to Selena Gomez

See the full list of groundbreaking women featured in TIME's Firsts series #SheIsTheFirst http://ti.me/2vtSyWF

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Watch the Trailer for 'Firsts': TIME’s New Video Series on 46 Groundbreaking Women A multimedia project featuring Oprah Winfrey, Aretha Franklin and others who are changing the world

Watch the trailer for @TIME 'Firsts,' interviews with 45 pioneering women, going live Sept. 7 #SheIsTheFirst

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