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The history of women in the United States encompasses the lived experiences and contributions of women throughout American history. The earliest women living in what is now the United States were Native Americans. European women arrived in the 17th century and brought with them European culture and values.
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .
December 30 - Becky Hammon became the first female acting head coach in NBA history. [333] 2021 January 20 - Kamala Harris inaugurated as the first woman to serve as Vice President of the United States, making her the most powerful woman in America's political history, first in the line of succession to the US Presidency.
Male feminist, wrote Declamatio de nobilitate et praecellentia foeminei sexus (Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex), a book pronouncing the theological and moral superiority of women [13] 1500–1599: Jane Anger: United Kingdom: fl. 1589: fl. 1589: Protofeminist writer of Jane Anger her Protection for Women [14] 1500 ...
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 in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being; Women in death care in the United States; Women in dentistry in the United States; Women's education in the United States; Women in engineering in the United States; Women in Guam; Women in the American Revolution; Women in the United States labor force from 1945 to 1950
First female pilot for a commercial airline in North America 1976 Emily Howell Warner: First woman to become an American airline captain. [26] [27] 1978 Judy Cameron: First female pilot hired to fly for a major Canadian carrier . [28] 1984 Svetlana Savitskaya: First woman to space walk. [29] 1991 Sony Rana