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Pocahontas
Pocahontas was a Native American notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia -
Women during Colonial Period
Colonial period may generally refer to any period in a country's history when it was subject to administration by a colonial power. -
Puritan Women
Women’s roles within the Puritan communities were comprised of two features. The first being that women were considered to be “the weaker vessel in both body and mind” and “her husband ought not to expect too much from her.” -
Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet was the most prominent of early English poets of North America and first female writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She was also a prominent Puritan figure in American Literature. -
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan woman who lived in Masachusets during the time of the Colonial America. -
Margaret Brent
Maragaret Brent was the first woman in the early American history to serve as an attorney before a court of a Common Law. -
Women-Witches
In colonial America, colonists strongly believed in existance of witches. -
Salem Witch Trials
In 1692 mass histeria overtook the town of Salem, Massachusets. -
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt was German-Jewish political theorist. Her work deals with nature of power, politics, authority and totalitarism. -
Burnita Shelton Matthews
Burnita Shelton Matthews was the first woman to serve on a US District Court. -
Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman elected to both the House and Senate. -
Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson was originally a biologist. However later she became nature writer. She wrote about sea, life on Earth, conservation and environmental problems caused by humans. -
Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama Rosa Parks refused to obey the orders of a bus driver to move to the back of the bus and stayed in her front seat. -
Jacqueline Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy was a wife of John F. Kennedy. She was a suporter of women's rights and is remembered mostly for her contributions to arts and preservation of historic architecture as well as her style and elegance of the First Lady. -
Diahann Carroll
Diahann Carroll is American movie star and singer. At first she appeared in some early films that featured black cast.
