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IG @happilyt ayt eaching Notable Women in Women’s Hist or y Deborah Sampson (1760 -18 27)

Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.

Debor ah Sampson disguised her self as a man in or der t o ser ve in t he Continental Army during the American Revolut ionar y War . (1880 -19 73 )

Mo n t a n a , U.S.

Jeannette Rankin was a politician and women's r ights advocate, and the first woman to hold feder al office in t he United Stat es. She was elect ed to the U.S. House of Repr esentatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916, and again in 1940.

https://youtu.be/WuWTHeFjLt4 Susan B. Anthony (1820 -19 0 6 ) (1793-1880) (1815-19 0 2)

Susan B. Anthony was a women's r ights activist who played a pivotal r ole in the women's suffr age movement . Bor n int o a Quaker family Su s a n committed to social equality, she collected anti- slavery petitions at the age of 17. Lucretia Mott was an Amer ican Quaker , abolitionist, women's r ight s a ct ivist , a n d socia l r ef or mer . Eliza bet h Cady Stanton was a leader of the women's rights movement in t he U.S.

All t hr ee women wor ked har d for gender Lu c r e t i a equality and women’s r ight to vote. El i z a b e t h (1880 -19 6 8 )

Alabama, U.S.

Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability r ight s a dvoca t e, pol it ica l a ct ivist a n d l ect ur er . Bor n in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and hear ing aft er an illness at t he age of ninet een mont hs. Joycelyn Belle Brunell (1943 -)

Ir eland, Unit ed Kingdom

Jocelyn Brunell is an astr ophysicist fr om Norther n Ireland who, as a postgr aduate student, discover ed the first r adio pulsar s in 1967. She was cr edited with "one of t he most sign if ica n t scien t if ic a chievemen t s of t he 20t h cent ur y". Betsy Ross (1754-18 3 6 )

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Betsy Ross is well known for creating the first Amer ican flag, also called the Betsy Ross flag. Kamala Harris (1964 -)

Oakland, California, U.S.

Kama l a Devi Har r is is a n Amer ica n pol it icia n and at t or ney ser ving as t he 49t h vice pr esident of t he United Stat es. She is t he United Stat es' first female vice pr esident , t he highest -r a n kin g f ema l e of f icia l in U.S. hist or y, a n d t he f ir st Afr ica n Amer ica n a n d f ir st Asia n Amer ica n vice pr esiden t . Frida Kahlo (1907 -19 5 4 )

Mexico Cit y, Mexico

Frida Kahlo was a painter known for her many por tr aits, self-por tr aits, and wor ks inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Rosalind Franklin (1920 -19 5 8 )

London, United Kingdom

Rosalind Franklin was a scientist who studied DNA, RNA, and viruses. (1897 -19 3 7)

Ka n s a s , U.S.

Amelia Earhart was an aviator who took the jour ney to being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She disa ppea r ed on t his f l ight in 1937. Katherine Kenyon (1906 -19 78 )

London, United Kingdom

Kather ine Kenyon was an ar cheologist who led many excavat ions in t he 1950’s. She has been called one of t he most influent ial ar chaeologists of the 20th centur y (1884 -19 6 2)

Ne w Yo r k, Ne w Yo r k, U.S.

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an Amer ican political f igur e, dipl oma t a n d a ct ivist . She ser ved a s t he Fir st Lady of the United States from March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945, dur ing her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four t er ms in office, making her t he longest -ser vin g First Lady of the United States. Marie Curie (1867 -19 3 4 )

Poland, Eur ope

Mar ie Cur ie w a s a scien t ist a n d physicist w ho did r esear ch on r adioactivity. She is known for discover in g r a dium. Sacajawea (1788 -18 12)

Lem h i Cou n t y , Ida h o , U.S.

Sacagawea was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, at age 16, met and helped t he Lewis and Clar k Expedit ion in a chievin g t heir cha r t er ed mission objectives by explor ing the Louisiana Territory. Events in Women’s History July 19 & 20, 1848

J u l y 19 -20, 1848: In the first women’s r ights convention or ganized by women, the Seneca Falls Convention is hel d in New Yor k, w it h 300 a t t en dees, in cl udin g or ga n izer s Elizabeth Cady Stantonand Lucretia Mott. Sixt y -eight women and 32 men (including Freder ick Douglass) sign t he Declar at ion of Sent iment s, which spar ked decades of act ivism, event ually leading t o t he passage of the 19t h Amendment gr ant ing women t he r ight t o vot e. December 10, 1869

The legislat ur e of t he t er r itor y of Wyoming passes Amer ica’s first woman suffr age law, gr ant ing women t he r ight t o vot e and hold o f f ice . In 1890 , Wy o m in g is the 44th state admitted to the Union and becomes the first state to allow women the right to vote. May 15, 1869

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton found the National Woman Suffr age Association, which coor dinat ed t he nat ional suffr age movement . In 1890, t he gr oup t eamed with t he Amer ican Woman Suffr age Association to for m the National American Woman Suffrage Association. August 18, 1920

Ratification of the 19th Amendment t o t he U.S. Constitutionis complet ed, decl a r in g “t he r ight of cit izen s of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abr idged by t he United States or by any State on account of sex.” It is nicknamed “The Susan B. Anthony Amendment” in honor of her wor k on behalf of women’s suffrage. June 10, 1963

President John F. Kennedy signs into law the Equal Pay Act, pr ohibit in g sex-based wage discrimination between men and women per for ming t he same job in t he same wor kplace. June 18, 1983

Flying on t he Space Shut t le Challenger , becomes t he first Amer ican woman in space. July 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton becomes the first woman to r eceive a pr esiden t ia l n omin a t ion f r om a major political party. During her speech at the Democratic National Convention, she says, “Standing her e as my mother 's daught er , and my daught er 's mot her , I'm so happy t his day has come.” January 20, 2021

Kamala Harris is sworn in as Vice President and is the first female, Black, and Asian Vice Pr esiden t in Amer ica . First Women in U.S. Office

(1917) First Female Member of congr ess - Jeannet t e Rankin

(1993) First Female Att or ney Gener al of U.S. - Janet Reno

(1997) First Female U.S. Secr et ar y of Stat e - Madeleine Albr ight

(2007) First Female Speaker of t he House - Na n cy Pe l o s i

(2016) First Female President ial Candidat e -

(2020) First Female Vice President - Kamala Harris