Elizabeth Blackwell
First woman in the United States to receive a medical degree
Gertrude Ederle
First Woman to Swim the English Channel
Alice Guy Blache
First Female Director of Motion Pictures
Ada H. Kepley
First Woman to Graduate from Law School
Arabella Mansfield
First Female Lawyer
Marie Owens
First Female Police Officer
Jeannette Rankin
First Woman Elected to Congress
Lucy Hobbs Taylor
First Female Dentist
Madame C.J. Walker
First Black Woman Millionaire
Lettie Pate Whitehead
First American woman to serve as a director of a major corporation.
