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First African-American woman to charter a bank in the United States [1] Maggie Lena (née Draper Mitchell) Walker (July 15, 1864 – December 15, 1934) was an American businesswoman and teacher. In 1903, Walker became both the first African-American woman to charter a bank and the first African-American woman to serve as a bank president. [ 2 ]
Karen N. Horn became the first woman ever to serve as president of any of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks, and as such the first woman to serve as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. [193] Leah Lowenstein was the first woman dean of a co-educational medical school in the United States. [194] 1983
Jo Jorgensen was the Libertarian nominee for president in 2020. She is the first woman to be nominated for president by that party. Jorgensen's 1.9 million votes represent the second-highest total for a female presidential candidate. Harris was subsequently the 2020 Democratic vice presidential candidate.
In 2016, Clinton nearly became the first female president. Kamala Harris is only the second woman to be a major party's presidential candidate, following Hillary Clinton in 2016. In 1872, Victoria ...
First woman vice president of an Ohio university [119] Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910) Hamilton: 1986: First woman to receive a medical degree in the United States and a pioneer in promoting the education of women as well as social and moral reform [120] Marie Clarke (1915–2020) Franklin: 1986: Black female labor leader [121] Eva Mae Crosby ...
Marian Regelia Alexander Spencer (June 28, 1920 – July 9, 2019) was an American politician who served as Vice Mayor of the Cincinnati City Council in Cincinnati, Ohio.She was the first African American woman to be elected to the Council.
Joseph H. Albers – first bishop of Lansing, Michigan [33] Anthony Allaire – New York City Police inspector; Michael Anthony – chef; Levi Addison Ault – businessman, naturalist, donor of Cincinnati's Ault Park; John Bardo – 13th president of Wichita State University, 10th chancellor of Western Carolina University; Samri Baldwin ...
In the sci-fi film Independence Day: Resurgence, the 2016 sequel to Independence Day (1996), Ward plays the first female president, who lost her family in the first alien invasion. In the movie ...