The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
WOMEN WHO WERE PIONEERS.
A Long List of .sthc Srx's Who Have
Performed Great Things.

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A Long List Of .sthc Sex'. Who Have
Performed Great Things.
Dona Manuella PaHdo, the first and
only woman lawyer In Spain, opened an
office in the Spanish capital in February,
1894.
The first woman to apply for and get
a place on a police force was Miss Edith
Walker. Of Bogota, Columbia. In 1894.
The first paper devoted to woman suf-
frage ever published was the una"
edited by Mrs. Paulina Davis. of Provi-
dence, r. I.
The first European woman to marry a
native of Burmah. was Miss Mabel Cos
grove, who married Chan-Toon. of Ran
COON. in January, 1891.
Miss Grace Tabb the first woman grad
uate of a college of pharmacy was a lee
turer in the Woman's College of Medi-
cine. Philadelphia, in 1884.
Mrs Susanna Duncklee, of Newton,
Mass. has the distinction Of being the
first woman bank treasurer of America.
She was elected to that office In 1874.
The first woman in America to make
literature a profession was hannah
Adams who was born in Medield. Mass,
in l955' ~ an aoy died at X Brg 17ssl same
The flrst woman admitted 70 practice
law before the courts of California was
Mrs. Clara s.. Foltz, who was admitted
Is 1s7s the bar Of tha' state On september ?
The first woman elected Mayor of an
AMERICAN city was k,n MRS; susanna ~ Ango MA
Ear Mrs. Salter was elected in the
spring of 1887.
woman character on the stage was Mar
garet SWartz, who made her first appear
ance in London on the night of Novem-
Der 3, 1856.
The first American woman to occupy
a professors chair in a coeducational I'm
stitute was Helen G. Morgan, who was
made professor Latin at Fisk University
The first woman elected mayor over
a borough included within the Dominion
of the British Empire was Mrs; Yates.
of Onchunga, New Zealand. she vas
elected in January, 1894.
The first two women appointed by the
Austrian Gqvernment TO be army physi-
Keckova, both graduates of the Zurich
University, class of 1851
The first woman to whom the Methodist
Church gave a license to preach was
Mrs. Maggie Newton Van Colt, who on
March rs of the present year celebrated
her cath anniversary.
regular medical course and graduate as
MD. was Elizabeth Blackwell, who fin
ished her studies In h a line at the
Geneva IN. " Medical School in Janu-
The first woman to edit an American
newspaper was Mrs. Hannah Bunc Wat
amt for the three years following, 17777,
the date of the death of her husband,
who had been proprietor.
The first woman to ia Ike the degree OF
doctor of laws was Maria Mitchell, the
woman astronomer. The only other two
7v"rnen who have a right to write Ill.
D." after their names are Amelia Barr
and Iance e, willard.
The first ro+fonal womsn's suffrage
convention held in the United states
Dr. qaH Helen webs ter Of wellesly, England Il and,
S the first n only woman who has
earned the title of doctor of philosophy.
an The f annfe woman ,,no to b have gat the Mrs title M,,s Of
B.. Cutter, who carried the regimental
colors of the brigade In which her hus-
band was cclone1 at the charge on Fort
pital, Washington, on November 80, 1892.
The first woman to register as a quail
1ed voter in the State of Ohio was Mrs.
Samuel Crawbaugh, Of Cleveland. The
cen which she used in signing her name
was Immediately secured and sent as a
ellie to the curator of the Western Re-
serve Historical Society.
The first women telegraph operators
were put to work In the Offices of the
New York Central Railway Company il
he year 1867, when that road was under
he superintendent of A. L. Dick. To
superintendent Dick Is given the credi;
If first ~conceiving the idea of employing
WOIIieH III tHdl cdpdciGy.
The first woman who ever circumnavi-
-ated the globe shipped with the famous
2ougainville expedition in 1766. She was
disguised as a man and known as Charles
Thomas Barr. She was a servant to
ohiIibert de CoTnmercon, the botanist of
he expedition. Her true name was never
,en~ned
The first female jury ever. drawn in
Kentucky was that empaneled in the
case Of Lucy, a negress. belonging to
Samuel Beeler. of Lexington. Lucy bae
fred some buildings ard was sentenced
to death. The names of tbs jurors We're:
Mary Sulllion. Charity Emmons. Eliza
beth Mo,teer Jr Marraret Woods Annie
BARKER, Vanity Wineate. Eliza Smith and
Susanna Murphy. Date of the above,
1904.
The first woman IN America to demand
naturalization paper was Mrs; Elizabeth
Cryer, who shows . certificate date at
Omaha. Nebraska Territory. February
a. 1857. Mrs. Cryer is also believed to
be the first woman to pre-empt. govern
ment hand in her own name. The court
records at Omaha and the land office
records verify the above.
The first woman to occupy the chair
r i~nrisr-,t1nnre III y r-iverSitv wae
Prof. Calder.ni of the City of Bologna.
who occurred that position from 1860 to
1366.-St. Louis Republic.