John Fitch and his Steamboat. John Fitch: Granted a U.S. Patent for the Steamboat in 1791. History & Culture. The era of the steamboat began in America in 1787 when John Fitch (1743-1798) made the first successful trial of a steamboat on the Delaware River, in the presence of members of the Constitutional Convention. Background. Fitch was born in 1743 in Connecticut. His mother died when he was four; his father was harsh and rigid.
A brief history of the women's movement. Purple is to lavender as woman is to feminist - Alice Walker. Organised feminism did not really kick off until the first Women's Conference hed in Seneca Falls, America, in 1848.
Its roots can be traced to 1908, when 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding voting rights, better pay and shorter working hours. A year later, the first National Womanâs Day was observed in the US on February 28, in accordance with a declaration by the Socialist Party of America. A rally to mark International Women's Day 2016 in Lahore, Pakistan Credit: AFP/Getty Images.