GK Question: First Women in the World
1. First Asian woman member of the House of
Lords of British Parliament: Mrs. Sheela
2. First black woman in Britain's House of
Lords: Valeri Amos
3. First camerawoman: Tamara Lobova
4. First computer programmer of the world: Lady Lovelace
5. First democratically elected female head of
a Country: Vigdis
Finnbogadottir
6. First democratically elected woman Prime
Minister of the World: Mrs. Sirimavo
Bhandaranaike, Sri Lanka, 1971
7. First European woman to the international
space station: Claudie
Haighere (French Cosmonaut)
8. First female explorers to walk to both of
North and South poles: Ann Daniels and
Caroline Hamilton of Britain
9. First female shuttle pilot in the world: Eileen Miller
10. First lady composer: Jaddan Bai
11. First lady Director: Lois Weber (USA)
12. First lady Producer: Countess Bubha (UK)
13. First Lady To Climb Mt. Everest: Junko Taibei
14. First Oldest woman to climb Mt. Everest: Tamae Watanabe
15. First person to discover radioactivity: Marie Curie of Poland
16. First Space Tourist: Mrs. Anousheh Ansari
17. First to become the youngest pilot in the
World to command a jet Captain: Nivedita
Bhasin of Indian airlines
18. First woman airplane pilot in the World: Prem Mathur (India)
19. First woman Ambassador in the World: Alexandria Kallantai of the Soveit Union to
Norway
20. First woman ambassador of Britain: Anne Warburton
21. First woman athlete to break the 12 minute
barrier for 3000 meters walk: Beate
Anders of East Germany
22. First woman Bishop in Anglicicanism: Barbara Harris (USA)
23. First woman Bishop: Rev Barbara C. Harris (USA)
24. First woman Cabinet minister: Margaret Bondfield
25. First woman chairperson of the Federation
of Community Forestry Users (FECOFUN): Apsara
Chapagain
26. First Woman Chancellor Of Germany: Angela Markel (took over in Nov. 2005)
27. First Woman Cosmonaut In Space: Valentina Tereshkova
28. First woman Doctor in the World: Elizabeth Blackwell
29. First woman foreign secretary of England: Margaret Backett
30. First Woman Governor of the State Bank of
Pakistan: Shanshad
Akhtar (Dec. 2005)
31. First woman guilty of genocide: Pauline Nyiramasuhuko
32. First woman judge of the Court: Sandra Day O'Connor of USA
33. First woman Minister in the World : Alexandria Kallantai of the Soveit Union
34. First woman of Indian origin in space: Dr. Kalpana Chawla
35. First woman pilot of a scheduled airline: Miss Durba Bannerjee,1966
36. First woman pilot to fly an airbus 300: Capt. Durba Bannerjee, 1987
37. First Woman President Of A Country: Maria Estela Peron
38. First Woman President Of Chile: Dr. Michelle Bachelet
39. First woman President of Sri Lanka: Ms Chandrika Bhandaranaike Kumaratunga
40. First Woman President Of UN General
Assembly: Smt.
Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)
41. First Woman Prime Minister Of A Country: Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
42. First Woman Prime Minister Of A Country: Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnaike
43. First woman Prime Minister of European
country: Mrs.
Margaret Thatcher, 1979
44. First woman Prime Minister of France: Edith Cresson
45. First woman Prime Minister of Jamaica: Portia Simpson Miller (Feb. 2006)
46. First woman Prime Minister of the UK: Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, 1979
47. First woman referee in the International
football associations: Linda Black
48. First woman to achieve a lone flight from
England to Australia: Amy Johnson
49. First woman to be inaugurated as a Mbanderu
'paramount chief: Aletha
Karikondua Nguvauva
50. First woman to break the sound barrier: Jackie Cochran
51. First woman to circumnavigate the world: Jeanne Baret
52. First Woman To Command A Space Mission: Colonel Eileen Collins (U.S.A.)
53. First woman to fly non-stop across the
Atlantic: Amelia
Earhart
54. First Woman to fly the Airbus A300: Miss Durba Bannerjee
55. First woman to graduation the World : Elena Cornaro
56. First woman to head save the children
organization: Carolyn Miles
57. First Woman To Reach Antarctica: Caroline Michaelson
58. First woman to reach Antarctica: Caroline Michealson
59. First woman to reach Mt. Everest without
oxygen: Alison
Hargreaves, 1995
60. First woman to reach South pole: Shirley M. Metz (USA)
61. First woman to summit all 14 major peaks: Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
62. First woman to swim the english channel: Gertrude Ederle of the USA
63. First woman to reach the North Pole: Ann Bancroft of USA
64. First woman to win Magsasay award: M. S. Subbulakshmi, 1974
65. First woman to win the Templeton award: Mother Teresa
66. First woman to win nobel prize in
literature: Pearl S.
Buck
67. First woman to win oscar for best
Dirsctress: Kathryn
Bigelow
68. First woman to win 'Young Scientist': Hannah Eastwood
69. First woman U.S. Army surgeon: Dr.
Mary Edwards Walker
70. First woman who was formed out of clay by
the gods: Pandora
71. First youngest Asian to swim across English
channel: Arti
Pradhan at the age of 16
72. Germany's First woman Chancellor: Angela Markel
73. The First Duly Elected Woman President of
an African Country: Allen
Johnson Sirleaf
74. The First Mislim Woman To Recieve Nobel
Prize: Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize 2003)
75. The First Muslim Woman To Become The
Secretary General Of Amnesty International: Irine
Zubeida Khan
76. The first woman athelete to touch 5.0 meters
park in pole vault: Ms. Yelena
Isinbayeva
77. The first woman civilian advisor of the
U.N: Kiran Bedi
78. The First Woman Of The world to climb Mt.
Everest four times: Lakpa
Sherpa (Nepali)
79. The first woman of the world to swim
accross five continents: Bula Chaudhury
(India)
80. The first woman President of Chile: Michelle Bachelet Nov. 2005
81. The First Woman Prime Minister Of England: Margaret Thatcher
82. The First Woman Prime Minister Of South
Korea: Ms. Chang Sang
83. The First Woman To Cross seven important
seas of the World by swimming: Bula
Chaudhury (India)
84. The first woman to run the Boston Marathon: Roberta Louise Gibb
85. The woman to be appointed as Governor of
the province in Afghanistan: Habiba
Sorabhi
86. The Woman With The Highest Individual Test
Score making a new world record: Kiran Baloch
87. World's first private woman space tourist: Anousheh Ansari (2006)