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Virginia Dare
Virginia Dare becomes the first English child born in the New World. -
Dinah Nuthead
Dinah Nuthead becomes the first woman printer in the country, in Annapolis, Maryland, by continuing her husband’s business after his death. -
Elizabeth Timothy
Elizabeth Timothy becomes the first woman in America to edit a newspaper, the South Carolina Gazette. -
Mrs.Samuel Slater
Mrs. Samuel Slater, the inventor of cotton sewing thread, becomes the first American to receive a patent. -
Dolley Madison
North Carolina native Dolley Madison becomes First Lady when James Madison is inaugurated as the fourth president. She remains one of the most popular First Ladies in the nation’s history. -
Catherine Ann Devereux
Catherine Ann Devereux is born in Halifax County. A member of the wealthy antebellum elite, she keeps a journal during the Civil War that is published in 1979. -
Ethel H. Porter
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. -
Greensboro College
Greensboro College, North Carolina’s first chartered college for women, is opened and operated by the Methodist Church.