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There’s Always a First

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we recognize the numerous, yet often overlooked, contributions women have made to arts, culture, business, science, politics, sports, and society over the course of history. While there are many examples, the following tells the story of just a few pioneering women and their contributions to making our world a better place. Some names might be familiar, some not as much. But the connecting thread throughout their stories is the indisputable fact that any one of us can change the world. Which pioneering women do you admire? Tell us more in the comments.

Pre-Twentieth Century

Lady Anne Clifford Lydia Taft Victoria Woodhull 1649 • First woman to take an 1756 • First American woman voter 1872 • First woman to run for active role in a building project President of the United States 1900s

Maggie Lena Walker Mary McLeod Bethune 1903 • First woman to charter 1904 • First woman to start a historical a bank in the United States Black college and university 1920s

Anna May Wong Amelia Earhart 1922 • First Chinese American 1928 • First woman to cross the ﬁlm star in Hollywood Atlantic in an airplane 1940-1950s

Felisa Rincόn de Gautier Katherine Battle Gordy Ella Fitzgerald 1946 • First woman mayor of a 1949 • First woman to be appointed 1958 • First woman to win capital city in the Americas a United States marshal multiple GRAMMY awards 1960s

Wilma Rudolph Valentina Tereshkova Patsy Mink Constance Baker Motley 1960 • First American woman 1963 • First woman in space 1964 • First Asian American 1966 • First African American to win three gold medals woman to serve in Congress woman federal judge 1970s

Katharine Graham Junko Tabei Chien-Shiung Wu 1974 • First woman 1975 • First woman to reach 1978 • First person to receive Fortune 500 CEO the summit of Mount Everest the Wolf Prize in Physics 1980s

Sandra Day O’Connor Wilma Mankiller Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 1981 • First woman to be 1985 • First woman to be principal 1986 • First Hispanic woman appointed to the Supreme Court chief of the Cherokee Nation elected to Congress 1990s

Linda Alvarado Antonia Novello, M.D. Kalpana Chawlav Debra Kelly-Ennis 1992 • First woman to bid 1993 • First woman United 1997 • First Indian-born 1997 • First woman director for ownership of a major States surgeon general woman to go to space of PulteGroup’s board league franchise and ﬁrst of directors Latino owner of an MLB team 2000s

Oprah Winfrey Debra Still Zaha Hadid Effa Manley 2003 • First Black 2004 • First woman president 2004 • First woman to 2006 • First woman woman billionaire in and chief executive ofﬁcer of receive the Pritzker inducted to the National the United States Pulte Mortgage Architecture Prize Baseball Hall of Fame

2010s

Lauryn Williams Ibtihaj Muhammad Tammy Duckworth Geisha Williams 2014 • First American 2016 • First American Muslim 2017 • First Senate member 2017 • First Latina chief woman to win a medal in woman to win an Olympic to give birth while in office, executive officer of a Fortune both the Summer and medal and the first American first member born in Thailand 500 company - PG&E Winter Olympics woman to compete in the and first woman amputee Olympics wearing a hijab Senate member 2020s

Dr. Özlem Türeci Kamala Harris Maral Javadifar, Lori Locust, 2020 • First to lead the 2021 • First woman vice president development of an approved of the United States of America and Sarah Thomas 2021 • First women assistant coaches RNA-based COVID-19 vaccine to win the Super Bowl and ﬁrst woman referee in a Super Bowl

This list is never ending with even more “firsts” just around the corner…