First American Woman

American history is full of women pioneers. They had broken all barriers and work for the progress of the country. They made significant influence in all fields including politics, arts, science, literature, games etc. Here is the list of such great women who had it first in the respective fields..

• Demanded the right to vote ----------- Margaret Brent (1647)

• Served as a soldier during the Revolution ----------- Margaret Corbin (1776)

• Explored the Louisiana Purchase ----------- Sacajawea (1804)

• Earned a medical degree ----------- Elizabeth Blackwell (1849)

• Led an armed assault during the Civil War ----------- Harriet Tubman (1863)

• Became a practicing lawyer ----------- Arabella Mansfield (1869)

• Ran for President and advocate for rights ----------- Victoria Woodhull (1869)

• Opened the first birth control clinic ----------- Margaret Sanger (1916)

• Elected to Congress ----------- Jeannette Rankin (1916)

• Served as a state governor ----------- Nellie Tayloe Ross (1925)

• Elected to the Senate ----------- Hattie Caraway (1933)

• Depicted on a U.S. coin ----------- Susan B. Anthony (1979)

• Received the Congressional Medal of Honor ----------- Mary Walker (1866)

• Appointed to a presidential cabinet ----------- Jane Addams (1933)

• Attended the first public high school for girls ----------- Worcester Public High School (1824)

• Attended the first women's college ----------- Oberlin College (1837)

• Organized the first Women's Rights Convention ----------- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1848)

• Fought for civil rights and social reform ----------- Sojourner Truth (1797–1883)

• Founded the American Red Cross ----------- Clara Barton (1881)

• Fought for women's suffrage ----------- Alice Paul (1913)

• Pushed for education reform and women's rights ----------- Mary McLeod Bethune (1935)

• Won the first Olympic gold for women ----------- Margaret Abbott (1900)

• Founded the Girl Scouts ----------- Juliette Gordon Low (1912)

• American woman Nobel prize winner ----------- Jane Addams (1931)

• First woman elected to the US Senate ----------- Hattie Caraway (1932)

• First woman to be a United States Ambassador ----------- Eugenie Anderson (1949)

• Fought for civil rights and equality ----------- Rosa Parks (1955)

• Founded the National Organization for Women ----------- Betty Friedan (1966)

• Served as the first African-American congresswoman ----------- Shirley Chisholm (1969)

• Became the first female Supreme Court Justice ----------- Sandra Day O'Connor (1981)

• First American woman astronaut to go to space ----------- Sally Ride (1983)

• First woman US Secretary of State ----------- Madeleine Albright (1997)

• Became the first female Speaker of the House ----------- Nancy Pelosi (2007)

• Nominated for the presidency ----------- Hillary Clinton (2016)

• Became the first female Vice Presidential nominee ----------- Geraldine Ferraro (1984)