Unit 2 Net search
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:27 pmI've been searching on the internet and I have found three different women who were the first to do jobs that were traditionally done by men.
Mary Ann Shad Cary
She was the first black woman journalist. She was born in Delaware. She escaped slaves in Canada and founded a newspaper, The Provincial Freeman in 1854. After the civil war, she became the first female law student at Howard University, practiced law and campaigned for women's rights.
Jeanette Rankin
She was the first woman elected to Congress to represent Montana in 1916. When she voted "no" on entering World War I, however, the state's citizens did not re-elect her. In 1940, She again ran on a peace platform and won a second seat in the House. In 1968, at the age of 88, She campaigned once again for peace by demonstrating against the war in Vietnam.
Laura Keene
She was the first woman to manage her own theatre and theatrical company. Her production of "Our American Cousin" was playing at Ford's Theatre the night Lincoln was assassinated.
Regards
Mary Ann Shad Cary
She was the first black woman journalist. She was born in Delaware. She escaped slaves in Canada and founded a newspaper, The Provincial Freeman in 1854. After the civil war, she became the first female law student at Howard University, practiced law and campaigned for women's rights.
Jeanette Rankin
She was the first woman elected to Congress to represent Montana in 1916. When she voted "no" on entering World War I, however, the state's citizens did not re-elect her. In 1940, She again ran on a peace platform and won a second seat in the House. In 1968, at the age of 88, She campaigned once again for peace by demonstrating against the war in Vietnam.
Laura Keene
She was the first woman to manage her own theatre and theatrical company. Her production of "Our American Cousin" was playing at Ford's Theatre the night Lincoln was assassinated.
Regards