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This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
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 .
1880. Abolitionist and women's rights campaigner. [ 39] 1700–1799. Judith Sargent Murray. United States. 1751. 1820. Early American proponent of female equality and author of On the Equality of the Sexes.
Name Milestone June 4, 1784 Élisabeth Thible: First known woman to ride in a hot air balloon. [5] [6] [7] 1805 Sophie Blanchard: First woman to pilot a hot air balloon. [8] March 8, 1910 Raymonde de Laroche: First woman to receive a pilot's license. [9] 1910–1911 Lilian Bland: First woman in the world to design, build, and fly an aircraft ...
History of the Caribbean. Aviva Chomsky (born 1957) Lucille M. Mair (1924–2009) History of the United States. Holly Brewer (born 1964) – early American History. Drew Gilpin Faust (born 1947) – Civil War, culture of death, and the Confederacy. Elizabeth Fox-Genovese (1941–2007) – Southern slavery, women's history.
Lauren Barthold (born 1965) Sandra Bartky (1935–2016) Nancy Bauer (born 1960) Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), author, feminist D1 O R W; Helen Beebee (fl. 2014) Seyla Benhabib (born 1950) Tina Fernandes Botts (fl. 2014) Peg Birmingham (fl. 2014) Susanne Bobzien (born 1960) Samantha Brennan (fl. 1997) Janet Broughton (fl. 2014) Kimberley ...
18th century. [edit] 1700s. Henrietta Johnstonwas the first known female portrait painter in the American colonies as well as the first woman pastelist. [6] 1739. Elizabeth Timothywas the first woman to print a formal newspaper as well as the first female franchise holder in the colonies. [4] 1750.
Women inventors have been historically rare in some geographic regions. For example, in the UK, only 33 of 4090 patents (less than 1%) issued between 1617 and 1816 named a female inventor. [1] In the US, in 1954, only 1.5% of patents named a woman, compared with 10.9% in 2002. [1]