Women in the United States have been talking about the glass ceiling, and how to break through it, since at least the 1970s.
However, the truth is this . . .
In one important arena, women broke through that barrier at the very beginning of our nation’s story, creating a lasting legacy of service to Americans.
Benjamin Franklin, the first United States postmaster, made the bold decision opening the door for women — and it has remained open since those early days.
With foresight and an open mind, Franklin appointed Mary Katherine Dobbs Goddard as the first woman postmaster of colonial Baltimore — in 1775.
In that vital role, she managed a major commercial postal hub in our young nation.
Dobbs also published The Maryland Journal and, in 1777, became the first publisher to print the Declaration of Independence with all signatories’ names included.
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