The Pioneers: Women who Changed the World

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  1. 4. First female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
  2. 7. Known as the Queen of Pop.
  3. 11. She made history by becoming the first African American woman to ever win a Grammy Award.
  4. 12. She was the first professional nurse was a revolutionary figure in the medical field.
  5. 13. The first Indian woman to win a medal in the Paralympic Games.
  6. 14. The first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company who is also the Washington Post Company.
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  1. 1. The first woman to be appointed to the US Supreme Court
  2. 2. She is the first Lady to stand in elections from Madras Constituency.
  3. 3. She was known as the human computer.
  4. 5. She was the first female Indian physician. She was also the first woman in India to complete her studies in western medicine from the United States.
  5. 6. First Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  6. 8. First woman to successfully climb Mount Everest.
  7. 9. She was the first female Chief Minister of India.
  8. 10. The founding member of the 32-year-old people's movement known as the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA).