Today, we are going to discuss a list of pioneering women who have made history by becoming the first to achieve remarkable milestones in their respective fields.
These women have carved niches for themselves by securing the number one position in their domains.
Questions related to these women are often asked in various competitive examinations conducted by SSC, UPSC, PSC, Banking, Railways, and other similar organizations.
List of First Women in the World
- First lady President of Sri Lanka – Mrs. Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994)
- First woman judge of the International Court of Justice – Rosaline Higgins (UK)
- First lady president of the Non-Aligned Movement – S. Bhandaranayake (Sri Lanka)
- France’s first woman Prime Minister – Edith Crescent (1991)
- Turkey’s first woman Prime Minister – Tansu Seler (1993)
- Canadian First Lady Prime Minister – Kim Campwell (1993)
- Bangladesh’s first woman Prime Minister – Beg Khaleda Zia (1991)
- Norwegian First Lady Prime Minister – Grow Harlem Bundland (1981)
- Queen of the Dominion of the Queen (Queen) – Margaret II
- Ireland’s First Lady President – Mary Robison (1990)
- Philippines’s First Lady President – Korojan Aquino (1986)
- Romanian First Lady President – Corojan Aquino (1986)
- Romanian First Lady President – Nikolai Ceauşescu
- Queen Elizabeth II – First Lady of UK Women’s Highness
- The Queen of the Netherlands – Queen Biatrix
- Nicaragua’s First Lady President – Violetta Barrios de Camorro (1990)
- Japan’s First Lady Astronaut – Cheki Mucai
- Indian woman who has the distinction of being the first woman Mayor in New Zealand – Sukhwinder Turner (Dunedin City)
- The first woman in the world who was elected president of the International Badminton Federation – Lue Shengroog (China)
- World’s First Lady President – María Esabell Perron (Argentina) (from 1-7-1974 to 24-3-1976)
- The world’s first elected woman President – Vigis Finnavogadotir (Iceland)
- The first clergy woman in the Church of England in England – Angela Busers Wilson
- For the first time in history, the world’s first Miss USA Badher Sundari – Heather Hnichstown
- World’s youngest student crossing the English Channel at the youngest age – Rupali Ramdas
- Who was chosen the world’s first female bishop – Ray Mary Adelier (USA)
- World’s First Nobel Prize Woman – Madam Curie
- Israel’s First Lady Prime Minister – Mrs. Goldda Mayer (1969)
- The first woman to be known at the American Theater – Helen Hedge
- First lady of India who has been awarded ‘Man-A-Humaat’, Pakistan’s highest humanity award – Neerja Mishra
- First woman president of the non-nude conference – Mrs. Indira Gandhi
- North Pole Winner First American Female – N. Bankoff
- First woman president of Japan’s lower house of Representatives – Takako Doi
- World’s Longest Women – Sandy Allen (Canadian height 7 feet 1/4 inch)
- Women giving birth to most children in the world – Lonvinna Alvina (Chile – has given birth to 55 children)
- First woman to flag India’s flag abroad – Madam Cama
- First woman player to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games – Margaret Abbott (USA)
- Pakistan’s first woman wing commander – Shahida Parveen
- The first woman in the world to reach the North Pole on foot – Christine Jenin (France)
- The world’s first woman to be appointed as the lifelong president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) – Najma Heptullah (India)
- South Korea’s first woman Prime Minister – Chang Song
- First Female Prime Minister of Finland – Anneli Zetanmaki
- America’s First Lady Pilot – Kelly Flynn