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1.) 1836 - Hispanic-American Juana Briones Establishes San Francisco
Juana Briones founded San Francisco, California.
2.) 1837 - Mary Lyon Founds Mount Holyoke, the First Women's College
Mary Lyon founded Mount Holyoke, the first Women's College, and the first of the colleges known as the Seven Sisters, beginning the march of women toward full women's rights.
3.) 1846 - Susan Magoffin Travels the Santa Fe Trail
Susan Shelby Magoffin, one of the first women pioneers on the Santa Fe Trail, was one of the 19th century's first women writers.
4.) 1847 - Maria Mitchell is the First Scientist to Discover a Comet Using a Telescope
Maria Mitchell, America's first woman of astronomy, taught women to be astronomers, paving the way for women scientists, like Jocelyn Bell, who discovered pulsars.
5.) 1849 - Amelia Bloomer Publishes the Lily, the First National Magazine for Women
Amelia Bloomer published The Lily, a magazine devoted to the women's rights movement led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
6.) 1851 - Sojourner Truth Addresses a Women's Rights Convention in Ohio
Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist who fought for women's rights and against slavery.