Celebrating Independently-Minded Women in America with Cultured pearls

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Celebrating Independently-Minded Women in
America with Cultured pearls
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From early on, women fought for their rights
whether it was to own land, to give girls the
opportunity for a good education, or for equal
rights in the workplace. Here are some women who
stand out in history
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Margaret Brent In 1639, Brent became the first
female landowner in Maryland. A close friend of
Governor Leonard Calvert, he appointed her the
executor of his estate. The Provincial Court
appointed Brent as Lord Baltimores
attorney-in-fact in 1648 and, as part of her
duties.
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Sarah Josepha Hale The author of the nursery
rhyme Mary had a little lamb was a fierce
supporter of education for girls. After her
husbands death in 1822, Hale launched her
writing and magazine editing career to support
her five children. She was instrumental in
changing minds to allow girls into professions
like teaching, and later medicine.
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Gloria Steinem In the late 1960s and early
1970s, Steinem became nationally recognized as
the spokeswoman for the feminist movement. She is
a journalist and social and political activist
and is currently speaking about the issues of
equality throughout the world. In 1920, American
women got the right to vote after 70 years of
fighting for this right. Over the years, there
were many women who helped fight for the right to
vote.
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Amelia Earhart An aviation pioneer, author, and
idol to many, Earhart was the first female
aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
She helped form The Ninety-Nines, an organization
supporting female pilots. She was also an advisor
to the aeronautical engineering faculty at Purdue
University and a career counselor to female
students. In 1937, she disappeared near Howland
Island during an attempt to make a
circumnavigational flight of the globe.
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Ellen Swallow Richards Richards was an
industrial and environmental chemist, and the
first to apply chemistry to the study of
nutrition. She was the first woman admitted to
any school of science and technology in America,
and also the first woman to obtain a degree in
chemistry. She graduated from MIT in 1872.
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Elizabeth Blackwell  In 1849, Blackwell became
the first female physician in the US and the
first woman listed on the UK Medical Register.
Originally born in Britain, Blackwell had to
fight to get permission to study and work in the
medical field. She advocated for the education of
women in medicine.
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