Ladies Firsts

first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction

first woman to cross the Atlantic in an airplane

first female member of a Presidential cabinet

first woman on the Supreme Court

first female Secretary of State

first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director

first female publisher of a major American newspaper.

first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry

first American woman to run an underground railroad to help slaves escape.

first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature

first woman in America depicted on a coin.

first American woman in space.

the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

first female Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

first woman to win Album of the Year twice.

first woman to run a successful presidential campaign.

first woman to win the popular vote in a United States presidential election.

first female artist in history to have five consecutive number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 from one album

first woman to lead the Indianapolis 500