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  2. These 21 Black women changed history forever - AOL

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    In April 2022, Ketanji Brown Jackson made history as the first Black woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. As a young woman, she loved the law and set her sights on Harvard University.

  3. List of women's firsts - Wikipedia

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    Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland (2009–2013): As prime minister, she was the world's first openly lesbian world leader, first female world leader to wed a same-sex partner while in office. Elizabeth II , United Kingdom (1952–2022): In 2015, she became the longest-reigning queen regnant and female head of state in world history.

  4. Gertrude Ederle - Wikipedia

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    Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-618-85868-2. OCLC 288377749. Morris, Bonnie (2016), Women's Sports History: a Heritage of Mixed Messages, National Women's History Museum

  5. 19 Black figures who changed history - AOL

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    Parks became one of the most impactful Black women in American history almost overnight when she refused to move to the “colored” section of a public bus in 1955.

  6. List of American women's firsts - Wikipedia

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    Marcia Frederick, at the age of fifteen, was the first woman in America to win World gold in gymnastics. [187] Mary E. Clarke was the first woman to achieve the rank of major general in the United States Army. [188] Nancy Teeters became the first woman to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. [189] 1979

  7. List of programs broadcast by the History Channel - Wikipedia

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    10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America; 10 Things You Don't Know About; 101 Fast Foods That Changed The World [6] 101 Gadgets That Changed The World [7] 101 Inventions That Changed The World [8] 101 Objects That Changed The World [9] 101 Things That Changed The World; 102 Minutes That Changed America; 12 Days That Shocked the World; 1968 ...

  8. 35 Fascinating Facts About Women's History Month - AOL

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    2. The day became Women's History Week in 1978. An education task force in Sonoma County, California kicked off Women's History Week in 1978 on March 8, International Women's Day, according to the ...

  9. List of inventions and discoveries by women - Wikipedia

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    The hot comb was an invention developed in France as a way for women with coarse curly hair to achieve a fine straight look traditionally modeled by historical Egyptian women. [44] However, it was Annie Malone who first patented this tool, while her protégé and former worker, Madam C. J. Walker, widened the teeth. [45]