A list of claimants for the title of the first female voter in the United States.

First Woman to vote under the 19th Amendment and woman suffrage in the United States. Entry in the Encyclopedia of Women's History at About

First Woman to Vote?

First Woman in Space Speaks about China's Space Flight

First Woman to Head Major City Fire Department

Louisiana Elects First Woman Governor

Eileen Collins was the first woman to command a space shuttle. Born in 1956, Eileen Collins was selected by NASA for their astronaut training program in 1990 and first flew in 1995. In 1999, on STS-93 on the Columbia space shuttle, Eileen Collins bec

Australian First: A Woman Chief Justice for Victoria

South Africa: First Woman Admiral

Rosa Parks, First Woman to Lie in State at the US Capitol