Quentin Bryce
First Woman to Be Appointed Australia’s Governor-General
Hillary Rodham Clinton
First Woman to win the most votes in the U.S. presidential primaries (http://tinyurl.com/2hbf4a)
Colonel Stephanie Dawson
First Woman to Lead the Harlem Hellfighters
Ann Dunwoody
First Woman to Become a Four-Star General in the US Armed Forces
Catherine “Cammi” Granato
First Woman to Be Inducted Into the US Hockey Hall of Fame
Pamela Jelimo
First Kenyan Woman to Win an Olympic Gold Medal
Dr. Marjolein Kriek
First Woman to Have Her DNA Sequence Determined
Carol Landry
First Female Executive Board Member of the United Steelworkers Union
Fahmida Mirza
First Woman to Serve as Speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly
Sarah Palin
First Woman to Be the Republican Candidate for Vice President
Danica Patrick
First Woman to Win a Major Closed-Course Auto Race
Beverly Perdue
First Female Governor of North Carolina
Jeanne Shaheen
First Woman Elected to the US Senate From NH
Rashida Tlaib
First Muslim Woman to Become a Michigan State Representative
Dara Torres
First US Swimmer to Compete in 5 Olympics
Peggy Whitson
First Woman to Command the International Space Station
Eri Yoshida
First Woman to Join a Men's Professional Baseball League in Japan
The 13 Women of New Hampshire's State Senate
The First Female-Majority State Legislature in the Nation
Biographies of the women on this list:
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/topics.html?topic=/categories/people/2008-women-firsts
