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Women in History
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Which country sent the first woman into space?
The first nation to launch one of its citizens into earth orbit aboard a rocket-powered vehicle was the USSR.
The altitude of his brief orbital sojourn could hardly be described as "outer space".
The only humans to have traveled beyond low-earth-orbit so far were the Apollo astronauts who traveled to the moon ...
about 1/4 million miles from earth, or roughly 1/4 of 1 percent of the distance to the sun. Though that too was hardly
"outer space", it wasn't peanuts either.
Apollo was a project of NASA in the US, and all of its astronauts were US citizens.
What US President nominated Sandra Day O'Connor to the US Supreme Court?
President Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, in 1981.
O'Connor retired in January 2006 and was succeeded by sitting Justice Samuel Alito.
i just read that Persian women wore trousers in 1000sBC
in 1851 Mrs Bloomer wore a calf length skirt and baggy trousers, these were unacceptable then but 50yrs later they were used for cycling.
the 1910s saw harem pants
Who was First woman pharaoh of ancient Egypt?
It is a common misconception that Hatshepsut was the first female pharaoh. Historians know now that there were female pharaohs before her.
Wh was the First woman MP Great Britain?
Astor sometime after World War One, women were only given the vote about this time. The first woman to be a cabinet minister, that is one who is able to exert some authority was Margaret Bondfield in 1929
Nancy Astor won a by-election on 28th of November 1919, and was the first woman to sit in the house of commons, taking her seat on 1st December. She was not however the first woman elected to parliament.
In the December 1918 general election, a year before Astor, Constance Markievics (The Countess Markievicz) was elected as member for Dublin St Patrick's. She was a Sinn Fein member, and as a party they refused to sit in parliament as a protest against British rule in Ireland. Therefore the Countess Markievicz was the first woman MP, but she effectively resigned her seat before taking it.
Who are some heroes or heroines of the American Revolutionary War?
Some are Deborah Sampson, Molly Pitcher, Nancy Morgan Hart, and Sybil Ludington, and Mammy Kate.
Who was the first woman to appear on stage?
Believe it or not, it was an admirer of William Shakespeare, young girl named Violet. She sneaked into the audition for Romeo and Juliet, and got Romeo. William was in love with the girl, but she didn't tell him about her double life. (He got the message when Violet kissed him in disguise.) When the Juliet got sick, she filled in with William as Romeo. People in the audience were shocked, but the Queen allowed it. Violet had to leave William at one point, so, in remembrance, he wrote Twelfth Night under her name.
Who is the first woman cosmonaut?
The first Russian woman to travel in space is Valentina Tereshkova. At the same time, she became the first ever woman to enter space. Links are provided to relevant Wikipedia articles.
What would it be like to be a women in the stone age?
in the stone age women were treated like crap just like the middle ages.
Why was Whitney Houston so important to black history?
It is not entirely true to say she was important to black history. Whitney Houston was a popular singer with an amazing voice. She sold millions of records at the height of her popularity in the mid 1980s to early 1990s. But she was not the first black female vocalist to have a hit record (that was Mamie Smith back in 1920) nor did she do anything unique or unusual; there have been many successful and popular black female vocalists through the years. It is true that Whitney Houston had a large following, as a result of her hit songs and her successful (but brief) movie career. But while her fans were devastated when she died young at age 48, she did not change society the way Rosa Parks did, nor did she have a direct impact on the culture.
Why was Catherine the Great so Great?
Catherine the Great was very open to the ideas of Enlightenment thinkers. People like Voltaire helped her form how she ruled her kingdom. She wanted to allow everyone a chance. Sadly, she is most remembered for expanding Russia's territory.
What are the names of Famous women whose last name starts with G?
- Ava and Zsa Zsa Gabor, actresses
- Greta Garbo, actress
- Jennifer Garner, actress
- Terri Garr, actress
- Crystal Gayle, country singer
- Gloria Gaynor, singer, disco era
- Sara Michele Geller, actress
- Tess Gerrisen, mystery / medical thriller writer
- Debbie Gibson, singer
- Melissa Gilbert, actress
- Jean Goodall, scientist
- Dodie Goodwin, actress, role = a school secretary in the oringinal movie "Grease"
- Nancy Grace, TV news/crime show host
- Heather Graham, actress
- Amy Grant, singer
- Jennifer Gray, actress, "Dirty Dancing"
Who is the finest woman in the world?
It depends who YOU like. It is not the worlds opinion, it's only yours. You get to pick.Like some people think the prettiest woman in the world is Megan Fox, which I am a girl, so I don't know their opinion.
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Really...Katrina. She's alright but I don't think she's the prettiest woman in the world. Plus she married Salman. Who I personally think is a bit of an idiot so...yer that brought down my opinion of her. I mean, once a cheater always a cheater. I mean look what Salman did to Aishwarya. He couldn't take that she'd end ed the relationship and attacked her on the set of Kuch Naa Kaho. IN FRONT OF HER FUTURE HUSBAND. Now Aishwarya, she's pretty. I mean how many indians do you see with blue eyes and a face that perfect! Thats why they call her the most beautiful woman in the world. All Miss world winners get called that at some point but with her it stuck. It's not hard to see why.
First Indian woman to scale mount Everest?
Her name is Dicky Dolma. She is also the youngest woman to have climbed Everest, at age 19.
Who is the first women chief minister in india?
Sucheta Kriplani was the first woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in India.
She was Chief Minister of India from 1963 to 1967. She had a reputation of being a firm administrator. Her tenure was marked by a visible sense of fairness and transparency. The first-ever strike by the state employees which continued for 62 days took place during her regime. She relented only when the employees' leaders agreed for compromise.
Sucheta Kriplani was born as Sucheta Mazumdarin Ambala, Haryana. She received her education from Indraprastha College and St.Stephen's College, Delhi. She became a lecturer at the Banaras Hindu University. In 1936, she married socialist leader Acharya Kriplani. Sucheta Kriplani actively participated in Quit India Movement. She was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1952 and 1957 and served as a Minister of State for Small Scale Industries. In 1962, she was elected to the U.P Assembly from Kanpur and served in the Cabinet in 1962. She retired from politics in 1971 and died in 1974.
Who was the first woman to direct a movie?
a woman named Arzner in l933. the film had the misleading title Christopher Strong. It was about a female pilot ( Aviatrix) who winds up committing suicide with a contrived stunt that also kills her unborn child.
Why were there more men pharaohs than women pharaohs?
It might be because back then was the time(I think) men didn't see women as equals. That they tried to have boys born and if they had women; they were destined to be married to other pharaohs, or something.
Who was the first woman in the Australian Parliament?
On 12 March 1921 Mrs Edith Cowan became the first women to be elected to federal parliament in Australia. She was sixty years old.
What did Angelina Grimke do as a result of aboltion movement?
She used her family fortune to support the movement. - NovaNet
What is Anne's Frank's hobbies and interests?
While Anne Frank was in hiding, she really did not have access to her favorite foods. However, she was snuck food often and she was grateful for whatever meal she was given.
Who were the enemies of Elizabeth I?
At her birth: Catherine of Aragon's supporters, who thought her the bastard daughter of a harlot.
Later, her sister would become her enemy, because of Elizabeth's refusal to embrace catholocism and popularity with protestants (and the threat this presented to her unpopular reign).
After Elizabeth became queen; Some Catholics in England (though her relative tolerance meant most did not hate her), her cousin Mary of Scots and her supporters, Philips II increasingly, the pope, most of Catholic Europe.
Who is first woman chess champion?
From the Middle Ages through the 1700s, chess was a popular social pastime for both men and women of the upper classes. Mary, Queen of Scots, and Queen Elisabeth I played, and Thomas Jefferson wrote several times about Benjamin Franklin's playing chess with socially important women, including the Duchess of Bourbon, who was a "chess player of about his force". Chess games between men and women were a common theme of European art and literature in the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries.
By the 1800s, however, the chess world had become dominant by male players, perhaps as a result of card playing becoming socially acceptable for mixed groups. Then during the twentieth century, female players again made significant progress in breaking the male stranglehold on the game, although remaining fewer than 5% of registered tournament players.
The country of Georgia produced some of the best woman chess players of the latter twentieth century, including some of the first female international grandmaster
"Nona Gaprindashvili", who awarded the title of grandmaster in 1978 she was awarded the title as a result of winning Lone Pine 1977 against a field of 45 players, mostly grandmasters. Although she did not meet the technical requirements for the grandmaster title, this result was so awe-inspiring that FIDE found it sufficient.
Though, there is also a woman grandmaster title but the requirements for achieving it are much lower. Still, chess has not regained its former social status among women. As of 2005 most of the top 10 women held the grandmaster title. In September 2005, grandmaster Judit Polgar then rated #8 in the world by the international chess organization 'FIDE', and then became the first woman to play for the world championship title.
Who was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
The first people to cross the Atlantic by air were Britons John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown in a Vickers Vimy IV biplane in 1919. The first solo flight was made by American Charles Lindbergh in 1927 in a monoplane known as 'The Spirit of St Louis'.
The first woman to fly the Atlantic solo was Amelia Earhart in who performed the feat in 1932, although she had made accompanied crossings previously.
Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten-Brown of the Royal Air Force made the first non-stop flight in 1919, in a Vickers Vimy bomber.
A total of 82 others made the flight over the next eight years, before Charles Lindbergh became the first to fly it solo in 1927.
Charlses Kingsford-Smith and Charles T.P. Ulm.
Saint Brendan (AKA St Brendan of Clonfert, Brendan the Navigator).
John Alcock and Arthur Brown made the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight.
The first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic was by Charles Lindbergh in May 1927
Charles Lindbergh.
Who is the first woman on a US Postage Stamp?
Elsewhere, the answer is given as Martha Washington who was on the 1902 8 cent stamp. Maybe the difference in the answer stems from 'which woman appears on her own' because Queen Isabella, which is the most common answer, is paired with Christopher Columbus.
The US Philatelic Society says that the first female figure to appear on a US postage stamp was a portrayal of the Statue of Liberty in 1873, so there's a range of answers depending on the question!
Incidentally, Harriet Tubman was the first African American woman on a stamp in 1978, which some search engines confuse with the first woman....
All this from a piece of first grade homework!
== == Scott #244 - $4 stamp - Valued at over $1,000 at this point.
Queen Isabella of Spain became the first female to appear on a US postage stamp in 1893.
