Female Singers
First Female to top the billboard charts.
Connie Francis - Everybody is Somebody's Fool 1961
First female in Congress.
Jeannette Rankin- Montana 65th Congress 1917-1919 and 77th 1941-1943
The first woman to be CEO of a fortune 500 company.
Catherine Graham - CEO Washington Post 1963-1991
The first African American woman to win an Academy Award.
Hattie McDaniel. 1939- Gone with the Wind
Disney Princess that pricked her finger.
Sleeping Beauty - 1959
First Middle Eastern woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Malala Yousafzai - Pakistan
First African American female group to have a number one on the billboard chart.
Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The only woman to be Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Nancy Pelosi - San Francisco , 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
The first African American to be a CEO of a fortune 500 company.
Ursula M. Burns - CEO of Xerox 2009-2016
The first Asian Woman to win the academy award.
Michelle Yeoh - 2023 Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Disney Princess that took her father's armour.
Mulan - 1998
First female Superintendent in education.
Phebe W. Sudlow - 1874 Davenport, IL
First Latina female to debut at number one on the billboard chart.
Selena - When I Fall In Love
The first Latina woman elected to the United States Senate.
Catherine Cortez Masto - Senator, Nevada since 2017
The first Latina woman to be a CEO of a fortune 500 company.
Geisha Jiminez Williams - Pacific Gas and Electric Company 2017-2019
First deaf actress to win a best actress academy award.
Marlee Matlin. - Children of a Lesser God 1987
Name the Disney Princess that kissed a frog.
Tiana - 2009
First woman to be the United States Secretary of Education
Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler - 1979-1981
Female singer with the most number one songs on the Bill Board Chart.
Mariah Carey - We Belong Together, Vision of Love, Someday, Emotions, Heartbreaker
The first Asian American woman in Congress?
Patsy Matsu Mink - Hawaii, Representative 1965-1977 and another term 1990-2002
The first Asian American to be CEO of a fortune 500 company.
Andrea Jung - CEO Grameen America 2014
The first transgender to be nominated for an Academy Award.
Elliot Page - Juno 2008
The glass slipper fit her foot.
Cinderella - 1950
First transgender to transition on the job as a teacher.
Karen Topham - Lake Forest High School
The first woman to win a Grammy.
Ella Fitzgerald - At Last
The first transgender elected to congress in Brazil?
Erica Malunguinho - Legislative Assembly in Brazil 2018
The first transgender to be a CEO of a fortune 500 company.
Sue Y. Nabi - CEO Coty Inc. 2017
The only woman to win four academy awards.
Katherine Hepburn- 4 for Best Actress
Disney Princess that swam under the sea.
Arielle The Little Mermaid 1989
First deaf Superintendent in the United States.
Dolly Parton - Jolene, Coat of Many Colors, Nine to Five
First woman in congress with a disability.
Tammy Duckworth- House of Senate 2012
Lost both legs in the Iraq War
First Middle Eastern woman to be a CEO of a fortune 500 Company
Indra Nooyi -Pepsi Co.
First Middle Eastern woman nominated for an academy award.
Nadine Labaki - Lebanese for her movie Capernaum
Disney Princess that is pansexual.
Elsa - Frozen 2013
What percent of Superintendents are female in the United States?
Female 28.5 %
Male 71.5%