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Australian aviation pioneer Nellie Bly: American: 1864: 1922: Pioneering journalist who travelled around the world in 72 days, the first person to do so Alessandra Boarelli: Italian: 1838: 1908: Italian mountaineer and the first woman to summit Monviso in the Alps in 1864 Laurence Bougault: French: 1970: 2018
Emma Amelia Hall became the first woman to head a state institution in Michigan when she was appointed as the first superintendent of Michigan's Girls Training School, Adrian, Michigan. [42] 1887 Susanna M. Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas, becoming the first woman mayor in the United States. [43] [44] [4]
Mary Draper Ingles (1732 – February 1815), also known in records as Mary Inglis or Mary English, was an American pioneer and early settler of western Virginia.In the summer of 1755, she and her two young sons were among several captives taken by Shawnee after the Draper's Meadow Massacre during the French and Indian War.
The Great Depression, coupled with the deaths of Wilder's mother in 1924 and her older sister in 1928, seem to have prompted her to preserve her memories in a life story called Pioneer Girl. She also hoped that her writing would generate some additional income. The original title of the first of the books was When Grandma Was a Little Girl. [36]
Critic of the caste system, founded a school for girls, a widow-remarriage initiative, a home for upper caste widows, and a home for infant girls to discourage female infanticide [17] 1800–1874: Eugénie Potonié-Pierre: France: 1844: 1898 [32] 1800–1874: Eleanor Rathbone: United Kingdom: 1872: 1946 [17] 1800–1874: Élisabeth Renaud ...
Savitribai Phule (pronunciation ⓘ; 3 January 1831 – 10 March 1897) was an Indian teacher, social reformer, and poet who was the first female teacher in India. [5] Along with her husband, Jyotiba Phule, in Maharashtra, she played a vital role in improving women's rights in India.
Sevasti Qiriazi (1871–1949) – Albanian patriot, suffragist, pioneer of female education and founder of Korça Girls School; Urani Rumbo (1895–1936) – suffragist, teacher, playwright and founder of Lidhja e Gruas (Woman's Union) [24]
The girls were split up and grew up with different families. Catherine was placed with the Rev. William and Mrs. Roberts. In October 1851, she married Clark Pringle, a Methodist minister, at which time Elizabeth and Henrietta went to live with the Pringles. [7] They had a farm of about 640 acres near Salem, Oregon, and raised eight children ...