Hannah Adams is the first woman to become a professional writer. Herschel is the first woman to discover a comet. Alice Meynell is the first woman jockey. They organize the Female Charitable Society, the first woman s club in America. Holyoke Seminary in Massachusetts is the first women s college to have a graduation.
Delegates discuss divorce, property control, and voting.
The first national woman s rights convention is held in Worcester, Massachusetts. J. Moss produces the first charity cookbook ever documented, dedicated to the sanitary fair held in Philadelphia. Edwards Walker is the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor in the Civil War. Vinnie Ream is the first woman to win a federal commission for her statue of Lincoln. Lucy Hobbs is the first woman to graduate from dental school.