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First Woman's Bank of Tennessee — First Woman’s Bank of Tennessee was founded by Brenda Vineyard Runyon in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1919. The bank was the first bank in the United States to be managed and directed entirely by women. Runyon resigned her position in 1926 due to… … Wikipedia
America’s first woman admitted to the bar was Arabella Mansfield — Arabella Mansfield of Iowa on June 15, 1869, when the admitting judge ruled that the word men in the state law meant men and/or women. Mrs. Mansfield never actively practiced but served as a professor at Iowa Wesleyan and later DePauw. Nolo’s… … Law dictionary
America’s first woman admitted to the bar was — Arabella Mansfield of Iowa on June 15, 1869, when the admitting judge ruled that the word men in the state law meant men and/or women. Mrs. Mansfield never actively practiced but served as a professor at Iowa Wesleyan and later DePauw. Nolo’s… … Law dictionary
First Woman Physician — Dr Elizabeth Blackwell … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
First Woman Reporter — Anne Royale of Virginia (publisher of Paul Pry), Nellie Bly of Pennsylvania (reporter for the New York World) … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
woman suffrage — woman suffrage, adj. woman suffragist, n. the right of women to vote; female suffrage. [1840 50] * * * Right of women by law to vote in national and local elections. Women s voting rights became an issue in the 19th century, especially in Britain … Universalium
First man or woman — First Human redirects here. First man or woman may refer to: The spouse of an elected head of state, see First Lady, First Gentleman. First Man, the biography of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. The earliest anatomically modern… … Wikipedia
First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn — is a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Brooklyn, NY. The Society was established in 1833, and is celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2008. It is one of the earliest Unitarian congregations established in the United States, established just… … Wikipedia
Woman's Christian Temperance Union — WCTU redirects here. See WCTU Railway for the rail line in White City, Oregon. .History and purposeThe purpose of the WCTU is to combat the influence of alcohol on families and society. Frances Willard, a noted feminist, was its second president … Wikipedia
woman — wom|an W1S1 [ˈwumən] n plural women [ˈwımın] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(female person)¦ 2¦(any woman)¦ 3 businesswoman/spokeswoman etc 4 another woman/the other woman 5 be your own woman 6¦(partner)¦ 7¦(form of address)¦ 8¦(servant)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
