Mary Ann Tripp (née Hathaway; 1810–1906)
Mary Ann Tripp (née Hathaway; 1810–1906) was the first American woman to visit China and also the first American woman to circumnavigate the Earth. She also visited the Philippine Islands during this historic trip. She then went on to travel the globe and visit China two more times before settling into a long life in Massachusetts. 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 Born on October 22, 1810, Mary Ann Hathaway was a native of the State of New York in the United States. In 1828, she visited the Massachusetts community of Fairhaven in Bristol County. While there, she met her future husband, Captain Lemuel C. Tripp, a man who commanded merchant vessels which typically sailed from the port of New York City, New York and carried cargo to major ports across the globe. 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 In 1830, Mary Ann (Hathaway) Tripp became the first American woman to visit China and also the first American woman to circumnavigate the Earth while sailing with her husband in his capacity as ca...