First Ranked Women In The World Part 1

First Ranked Women In The World Part 1

First Ranked Women In The World Part 1

First Ranked Women In The World Part 1

1. Marie Curie (Science/Physics/Chemistry) - First woman to win a Nobel Prize (1903, Physics) and the first person to win two Nobel Prizes (1911, Chemistry).

2. Sally Ride (Space Exploration) - First American woman in space (1983).

3. Valentina Tereshkova (Space Exploration) - First woman to fly in space (1963).

4. Indira Gandhi (Politics) - First female Prime Minister of India (1966–1977, 1980–1984).

5. Gertrude Ederle (Sports/Swimming) - First woman to swim across the English Channel (1926).

6. Florence Nightingale (Healthcare) - First professional female nurse and founder of modern nursing.

7. Amelia Earhart (Aviation) - First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (1932).

8. Hedy Lamarr (Technology) - Co-inventor of frequency hopping (1942), a key invention in wireless communication.

9. Malala Yousafzai (Education/Activism) - Youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate (2014).

10. Queen Elizabeth I (Monarchy) - First female monarch of England (1558–1603).

11. Margaret Thatcher (Politics) - First female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990).

12. Kathryn Bigelow (Film/Directing) - First woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director (2010 for The Hurt Locker).

13. Ching Shih (Piracy) - First female pirate lord in China in the early 19th century.

14. Sandra Day O'Connor (Law) - First female U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1981).

15. Mary Shelley (Literature) - First woman to write a science fiction novel, Frankenstein (1818).

16. Ada Lovelace (Mathematics/Computer Science) - First computer programmer (1843).

17. Simone de Beauvoir (Philosophy/Feminism) - First to lay the foundations of modern feminism with The Second Sex (1949).

18. Bessie Coleman (Aviation) - First African-American woman to hold a pilot's license (1921).

19. Miriam Makeba (Music/Activism) - First African woman to win a Grammy (1966).

20. Harriet Tubman (Activism) - First woman to lead an armed military raid in the U.S. Civil War (1863).

21. Claudette Colvin (Civil Rights) - First woman to refuse to give up her seat on a bus (1955, before Rosa Parks).

22. Sarah Borrell Ruiz (Sports/Swimming) - First Spanish female swimmer to win a World Championship in 2005.

23. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Politics) - First female president of an African nation (Liberia, 2006).

24. Jeanne Baret (Science) - First woman to circumnavigate the globe (1776).

25. Lise Meitner (Science/Physics) - Co-discoverer of nuclear fission (1938).

26. Mae Jemison (Space Exploration) - First African-American woman in space (1992).

27. Mary Anning (Geology/Paleontology) - First to discover and identify the first complete Ichthyosaurus fossil (1811).

28. Maya Angelou (Literature/Activism) - First African-American woman to have a nonfiction bestseller (1969, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings).

29. Billie Jean King (Sports/Tennis) - First female athlete to win \$100,000 in a season (1971).

30. Sarah Bernhardt (Theatre/Acting) - First woman to have a successful international career in theatre (late 1800s–early 1900s).

31. Wangari Maathai (Environmental Activism) - First African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (2004).

32. Michele Obama (Politics/Activism) - First African-American First Lady of the United States (2009–2017).

33. Sirimavo Bandaranaike (Politics) - First female Prime Minister in the world (Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, 1960).

34. Sheryl Sandberg (Technology/Business) - First woman to become the COO of Facebook (2008).

35. Jeanette Epps (Aviation/Space Exploration) - First African-American woman selected for NASA’s space program (2009).

36. Maria Callas (Opera) - First soprano to perform at major opera houses worldwide, breaking new boundaries in opera (mid-1900s).

37. Eva Perón (Politics/Activism) - First woman to serve as the First Lady of Argentina with an active political role.

38. Bessie Smith (Music/Jazz) - First major African-American female blues singer.

39. Mary McLeod Bethune (Education/Activism) - First African-American woman to head a federal agency in the U.S. (1936).

40. Zaha Hadid (Architecture) - First woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize (2004).

41. Gertrude Bell (Archaeology/Politics) - First woman to work as an archaeologist and diplomat in the British Empire.

42. Ellen DeGeneres (Entertainment) - First openly gay host of a major daytime talk show.

43. Barbara Walters (Television) - First woman to co-anchor a network evening news program (1976).

44. Samantha Cristoforetti (Space Exploration) - First Italian woman in space (2014).

45. Catherine the Great (Monarchy) - First Russian empress to rule as an autocrat (1762–1796).

46. Mary Pickford (Film/Acting) - First woman to found her own film studio, Pickford-Fairbanks Studio (1919).

47. Florence Bascom (Geology) - First woman to receive a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University (1893).

48. Annie Oakley (Sports/Sharpshooting) - First woman to become a renowned sharpshooter in the American Wild West.

49. Fanny Mendelssohn (Music/Composition) - First woman to compose symphonic music in the 19th century.

50. Sarah Stewart (Science/Medicine) - First woman to discover the link between cancer and viruses (1950s).

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