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What did Antoinette Lousia Blackwell do to be the first American?

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Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell was the first female American to become an ordained minister in 1853. She was also a strong advocate for women's rights. She attended the famous 1850 Women's Rights Convention in Worcester, Massachussetts and was the only participant in that convention to live to see the passage of the 19th Amendment, which acknowledge the right of women to vote.

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