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Australian aviation pioneer Nellie Bly: American: 1864: 1922: Pioneering journalist who travelled around the world in 72 days, the first person to do so Alessandra Boarelli: Italian: 1838: 1908: Italian mountaineer and the first woman to summit Monviso in the Alps in 1864 Laurence Bougault: French: 1970: 2018
Emma Amelia Hall became the first woman to head a state institution in Michigan when she was appointed as the first superintendent of Michigan's Girls Training School, Adrian, Michigan. [42] 1887 Susanna M. Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas, becoming the first woman mayor in the United States. [43] [44] [4]
Name Milestone June 4, 1784 Élisabeth Thible: First known woman to ride in a hot air balloon. [5] [6] [7] 1805 Sophie Blanchard: First woman to pilot a hot air balloon. [8] March 8, 1910 Raymonde de Laroche: First woman to receive a pilot's license. [9] 1910–1911 Lilian Bland: First woman in the world to design, build, and fly an aircraft ...
M. Joseph Martin (general) Maryland Ridge Community (Indiana) George Mathews (soldier) John Mathews (American pioneer) William Mayfield; Clara Antoinette McCarty Wilt
Savitribai Phule (pronunciation ⓘ; 3 January 1831 – 10 March 1897) was an Indian teacher, social reformer, and poet who was the first female teacher in India. [5] Along with her husband, Jyotiba Phule, in Maharashtra, she played a vital role in improving women's rights in India.
Mary Draper Ingles (1732 – February 1815), also known in records as Mary Inglis or Mary English, was an American pioneer and early settler of western Virginia.In the summer of 1755, she and her two young sons were among several captives taken by Shawnee after the Draper's Meadow Massacre during the French and Indian War.
Nazli Gegum (1874–1968) – Indian girl education activist Kirthi Jayakumar (born 1987) – founder of The Red Elephant Foundation , rights activist, campaigner against violence against women Shruti Kapoor – women's rights activist, economist, social entrepreneur
Sevasti Qiriazi (1871–1949) – Albanian patriot, suffragist, pioneer of female education and founder of Korça Girls School; Urani Rumbo (1895–1936) – suffragist, teacher, playwright and founder of Lidhja e Gruas (Woman's Union) [24]