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OEI observes Women's History Month

 

Picture from left to right of Elizabeth Blackwell, Tye Leung Schulze, Charlotte Ray, and Soledad Chavez-Chacon

Women Inspiring Generations

Read achievements that inspired generations of women. Here are just a few women in history that paved the way.

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Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to graduate medical school in the US in 1849.

Tye Leung Schulze

Tye Leung Schulze was the first Chinese woman to vote in the United States in 1912

Charlotte Ray

Charlotte Ray was the first Black woman lawyer to graduate in 1872.

Soledad Chavez de Chacon

Soledad Chavez-Chacon was the first Hispanic woman to govern a state in 1922.