Photo: National Library of Medicine Wikimedia Commons Public domain 2 Elizabeth Blackwell 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...
The name of the national organization Justine Siegal founded is called "Baseball For All," a fitting title considering she just got a new job that, before now, had only been offered to men. The A's announced on Tuesday that Siegal, who a few years ago became the first woman to throw...
On the bright side, however, there were more First Women in 2021. Here are just a few of my favorites: Kamala Harris Much is made of the fact that Kamala Harris is the First Black Woman to serve as... Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) – First Woman to Run for the House of ...
1998: Ila Borders, became the first woman to win a men's pro baseball game in Duluth, Minn. She pitched six shutout innings for the minor-league Duluth Dukes in a 3-1 victory over the Sioux Falls Canaries. 2002: Katie Hnida, became the first woman to play Division I football in the...
2. Wyoming Territory is first to grant women the vote, 1869 In 1869, Wyoming’s territorial legislature declared that “every woman of the age of twenty-one years, residing in this territory, may at every election…cast her vote.” Though Congress lobbied hard against it, Wyoming’s women...
First woman among latest Maine Baseball Hall inductees ; Maxime Simmons, who played professional ball in 1954, is one of 11 set to enter the Hall on July 31.From staff reports
In 2001, Ashley Martin kicked three extra points for Jacksonville State to be the first woman to score during a Division I college football game. 2025 NCAA winter sports championship schedule Here is the schedule for the 2025 NCAA winter championships in DI, DII, DIII and National Collegiate...
But she didn’t explicitly say that she could become the first woman president, not to mention first Black woman president or South Asian American woman president. Delegates wore suffragette white; Harris’ suit was deep navy blue. The lack of fanfare over a potential first wo...
She said she is inspired by the USA Women’s National Team and admires players like Kelsie Whitmore, who in 2022 became the first woman to play in a league affiliated with Major League Baseball.“I hope to be a part of that team too,” she said....
is another female to graduate into professional sports. In fact, she was 'the first female full-time assistant coach in NBA history, first woman to coach an NBA summer league team, and first woman to coach in an NBA All-Star Game,' CSU said. She is currently the San Antonio Spurs' As...