Which Came First? Let's check out your knowledge of women's history! Which came first? Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, the first 4-year college for women was founded. Oberlin College in Ohio becomes the first co-educational college in the U.S. Which came first? Victoria Woodhull is the first woman to campaign for U.S. President. 19th Amendment is passed giving women the right to vote. Which came first? Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Thousands of women ("Rosie the Riveters") manufactured bombers and battleships during World War II. Which came first? Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama and is arrested. The Equal Pay Act is first introduced in Congress. Which came first? The Equal Pay Act (prohibits discrimination in pay on the basis of gender) The Civil Rights Act (forbid the discrimination on the basis of race/ethnicity or gender) Which came first? Dian Fossey begins her study of endangered mountain gorillas. Jane Goodall begins the longest continuous study of chimpanzees in the wild. Which came first? The electric hot water heater. The screen door. Which came first? Marie Curie wins a Nobel Prize in physics. Marie Curie wins a Nobel Prize in chemistry. Which came first? Rosalind Franklin takes X-rays of DNA which leads to breakthroughs in discovering its structure. Marie Curie wins her second Nobel Prize. Which came first? Elizabeth Blackwell earns her M.D. degree. Sofia Kovalevskaia becomes the first tenured woman professor in modern Europe.