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1877
..... U.S.A ..... the American inventor Thomas Alva Edison made the FIRST known sound-recording when he recited ‘Mary had a little lamb’ into a phonograph of his own design. It was written by Sarah Hale 1897..... U.K ..... the world’s FIRST taxi-fleet began operating in London but went out of business three years later as its battery powered taxis moved at only 8 mph1923 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST Labour woman MP, Miss Susan Lawrence, was elected for East Ham North. She was also the FIRST woman returned to the LCC ( as a Conservative) in 1910 and the FIRST woman Chairman of the Labour Party in 1930
???? ….. U.S.A ..... the FIRST Englishwoman to be ordained as a priest of the Episcopal Church was Miss Elizabeth Canham. She was also the FIRST woman to be ordained as a deacon in the Church of England. The Episcopal Church is the Anglican Church of America
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