1849 - First Female Doctor in the United States Elizabeth Blackwell (February 3, 1821 – May 31, 1910) was a British physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council. Blackwell...
Tuluka, while presenting her action plan, said she was proud to have broken the "glass ceiling" to be the first Congolese woman to serve as prime minister. Out of the new government's 55 members, 18 are female. "By assuming this position, I am fully aware of the historical importance ...
Reflections on First Women in the White House: Part Three Oct 21, 2015 Hillary Clinton was the first First Lady ever elected to national office (Senator from New York) and the First Woman to win a presidential primary, in New Hampshire in 2008. She was not the first First Lady to be...
Who was the first woman president of the Indian National Congress? Indian National Congress: Most parliamentary systems around the world are multiparty legislatures, where many political parties vie for influence but one tends to be historically dominant. In India, that political party is the Indian...
s history. Before PresidentBill Clintonasked her to be part of his Cabinet, Albright had served as the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In 2004, Condoleezza Rice became the second woman–and first African American woman to hold the job. Five years later, in January ...
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The first on the mainland was Gary Locke, elected governor of Washington in 1996. Mayor of a major U.S. city: Norman Yoshio Mineta, 1971, in San Jose, California. Member of presidential cabinet: Norman Yoshio Mineta, 2000, appointed secretary of commerce. In 2001, he became the first ...
Grover Cleveland’s status as a bachelor had been a cause for concern during his campaign. A sex scandal emerged during his 1884 run in which a woman named Maria Halpin claimed that she had had Cleveland’s baby out of wedlock. This was embarrassing for Cleveland, but ultimately his supporte...
Bess Truman, a private and reserved woman, brought a sense of stability and calm to the White House during her husband Harry Truman’s presidency. Despite her preference for staying out of the limelight, Bess served as a trusted advisor to the President and managed the White House with quiet...
She’s the first disabled congresswoman, havinglost both of her legswhile serving in Iraq as a helicopter pilot. And she is someone ofmixed ethnicity from the Midwest. Outside of Biden, I’m not really sure of the foreign policy credentials of any of the other Democratic presidential candida...