These women are Nobel prize winners, doctors, and astronauts but they all have one thing in common, they are the first women to make a change in their fields.
1.) Aretha Franklin
The first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Aretha Franklin was included into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
2.) Elizabeth Blackwell
The first woman to become a doctor.
Elizabeth Blackwell was a British physician and the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.
3.) Valentina Tereshkova
The first woman to go to space.
Valentina Tereshkova launched with the Vostok 6 mission on June 16, 1963.
4.) Marie Curie
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903.
5.) Jeannette Rankin
The first woman to serve in Congress.
Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman to serve in Congress in 1917.
6.) Alice Guy-Blache
The first woman to own a film studio.
Alice Guy-Blache is considered to be the world's first female director and the first woman to own and run a film studio.
7.) Junko Tabei
The first woman to climb Mount Everest.
Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 16, 1975.
8.) Hildur Gudnadottir
First woman to win an Oscar.
Hildur Gudnadottir won an Oscar for best original score in 2000.
