First Ranked Women in the World Part 3

First Ranked Women in the World Part 3

First Ranked Women in the World Part 3

First Ranked Women in the World Part 3

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

102. Helen Frankenthaler (Art) - First woman to gain prominence in the Abstract Expressionism movement.

103. Mary Cassatt (Art) - First American woman to exhibit with the French Impressionists.

104. Sylvia Plath (Literature) - First woman to be posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1982).

105. Fannie Lou Hamer (Civil Rights) - First woman to co-found the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (1964).

106. Patricia Bath (Medicine) - First African-American woman to receive a medical patent for a device used in cataract surgery (1988).

107. Alice Walker (Literature) - First African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1983, The Color Purple).

108. Sonia Sotomayor (Law) - First Hispanic and Latina woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court (2009).

109. Annie Londonderry (Adventure) - First woman to bicycle around the world (1894–1895).

110. Billie Holiday (Music) - First woman to sing and revolutionize jazz music, known for her influential and unique voice.

111. Beatrix Potter (Literature) - First woman to write and illustrate a beloved children's book, Peter Rabbit (1902).

112. Elinor Ostrom (Economics/Political Science) - First woman to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2009).

113. Lydia Pinkham (Business) - First woman to successfully market her own line of medicines and become a self-made businesswoman in the 19th century.

114. Lilian Bland (Aviation) - First woman to design, build, and fly an aircraft (1910).

115. Ann Sullivan (Education/Activism) - First woman to become a renowned educator for the deaf and blind, teaching Helen Keller.

116. Geraldine Ferraro (Politics) - First female vice-presidential candidate of a major American political party (1984).

117. Tenzing Norgay (Mountaineering) - First woman to climb Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary (1953), though Tenzing was a man, highlighting the equal contributions.

118. Shirley Chisholm (Politics) - First African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress (1968) and to run for U.S. president (1972).

119. Claudia L. Johnson (Education/Technology) - First woman to pioneer mobile app development for public education systems.

120. Rita Levi-Montalcini (Medicine) - First woman to share the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1986) for the discovery of nerve growth factor.

121. Margaret Mead (Anthropology) - First woman to change the face of cultural anthropology with her work on the youth and culture of Pacific Island societies.

122. Isabel Allende (Literature) - First woman to become a successful Latin American writer, known for The House of the Spirits (1982).

123. Maria Reiche (Archaeology) - First woman to study and preserve the Nazca Lines in Peru.

124. Katherine Switzer (Sports/Marathon) - First woman to officially run the Boston Marathon (1967).

125. Svetlana Alexievich (Literature) - First woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for her work on oral history (2015).

126. Nina Simone (Music) - First African-American woman to break out as a jazz and classical singer with global influence.

127. Anna Pavlova (Dance) - First woman to become a world-famous prima ballerina and international dance icon.

128. Marie Van Brittan Brown (Technology) - First woman to patent a home security system (1966).

129. Laura Bassi (Science/Physics) - First woman to receive a university chair in physics (1732).

130. Edith Wharton (Literature) - First woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1921, The Age of Innocence).

131. Dorothy Thompson (Journalism) - First female foreign correspondent for the New York Times and leading female political columnist in the 1930s.

132. Zora Neale Hurston (Anthropology/Literature) - First woman to document and preserve African-American folklore and culture.

133. Wangari Maathai (Environmentalism) - First African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (2004).

134. Sarah Gilbert (Science/Medicine) - First woman to co-develop the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (2020).

135. Bea Foster (Sports) - First woman to compete and place in the International Judo Championships.

136. Maggie Lena Walker (Business/Activism) - First African-American woman to charter a bank and serve as its president (1903).

137. Meryl Davis (Sports/Ice Dancing) - First American woman to win Olympic gold in ice dancing (2014).

138. Gertrude Elion (Pharmacy/Medicine) - First woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her groundbreaking work in drug development (1988).

139. Ethel Waters (Entertainment) - First African-American woman to star in her own television series (1939).

140. Adelina Patti (Opera) - First woman to achieve international fame as an opera singer with a career spanning multiple continents.

141. Maya Lin (Architecture/Art) - First woman to design a national memorial in Washington, D.C. (Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1982).

142. Lucy Stone (Social Reform/Activism) - First woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree and a key leader in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements.

143. Nancy Astor (Politics) - First woman to sit in the British Parliament (1919).

144. Helen Keller (Activism/Disability Rights) - First deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree and become an advocate for the disabled.

145. Josephine Baker (Entertainment/Activism) - First woman to achieve international stardom as an entertainer in France and an active anti-racism campaigner.

146. Elinor Ochs (Anthropology) - First woman to become known for her pioneering studies in linguistic anthropology.

147. Alva Adams (Politics) - First woman to serve as the First Lady of the U.S. state of Colorado (1871).

148. Simone Veil (Politics/Activism) - First woman to serve as the President of the European Parliament (1979–1982).

149. Jessica Ennis-Hill (Sports/Athletics) - First British woman to win Olympic gold in the heptathlon (2012).

150. Leontyne Price (Opera) - First African-American woman to become a leading opera star, particularly at the Metropolitan Opera (1961).

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