Elizabeth Blackwell was the first women to receive a medical degree in America and the first women to be on the UK medical register. Susan B. Anthony helped lay the ground work for later laws which gave women the right to vote.
Margaret Thatcher was the first woman to hold the title of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Australian feminist Germaine Greer’s book, The Female Eunuch, was a defining manifesto for the feminist movement.
Saturday, April 9 | 8 p.m. – midnight | Gio’s in Moorhead
Florence Nightingale was the first female recipient of the Order of Merit for her work as a nurse.
Helena Rubinstein formed one of the world’s first cosmetic companies. She used her enormous wealth to support enterprises in the field of education, art, and health.