North Carolina Women's History

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  • First english child in the new world

    First english child in the new world

    August 18: Virginia Dare becomes the first English child born in the New World.
  • First american to receive a patent

    First american to receive a patent

    1793 Mrs. Samuel Slater, the inventor of cotton sewing thread, becomes the first American to receive a patent.
  • First known patent issued to a North Carolina woman.

    First known patent issued to a North Carolina woman.

    1834 Ethel H. Porter, of Lincolnton, patents her invention related to cutting feed for horses and cattle. This was the first known patent issued to a North Carolina woman.
  • First african american women to receive a b.a degree

    First african american women to receive a b.a degree

    Mary Jane Patterson, the first African American woman in the United States to receive a B.A. degree is born in Raleigh.
  • White women teach in the south

    White women teach in the south

    Hundreds of white women move to the South to teach at freedman schools.
  • Publishing the revolution

    Publishing the revolution

    Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan Anthony begin publishing The Revolution, an important women's movement periodical. Other media ridicule their ideas, calling wider public attention to them.
  • First issue of the woman´s journal appears

    First issue of the woman´s journal appears

    1870 The first issue of the Woman's Journal appears, sponsored by the American Woman Suffrage Association and edited by Mary Livermore. It is published until 1917.
  • First female superior court judge

    First female superior court judge

    Susie Sharp becomes North Carolina’s first female superior court judge.