The Women’s College of Pennsylvania, US opened – making it the 2nd female medical school in America.
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Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery.
US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
Englishman William Penn founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Utah became the second state to grant women the right to vote.
More than 25,000 people marched down New York's 5th Avenue supporting women's suffrage.