“I had no real feeling about being a pioneering woman on a serious Alaskan expedition. I only knew that as the only woman, I had to measure up.” 421: Barbara Washburn Mountaineer Born: 10 November 1914, Massachusetts, United States of America Died: 25 September 2014, Lexington, Massachusetts, United States of America Barbara was the first…
420: Casey Legler The First Woman to be Contracted as a Male Model Born: 26 April 1977, Frejus, France Casey signed to Ford Models. She is a former Olympic swimmer and stands at six feet two inches tall (which she grew to at the age of twelve). Casey is now largely retired from modeling as…
419: Junko Tabei Mountaineer Born: 22 September 1939, Miharu, Japan Died: 20 October 2016, Kawagoe, Japan Junko was the first woman to summit Mount Everest and the first woman to climb the Seven Summits (the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents). She climbed mountains in over sixty countries overall but largely downplayed her…
418: Madeline Stuart One of If Not the First Professional Models Born With Down Syndrome Born: 13 November 1996, Brisbane, Australia Madeline’s modeling journey began in 2015 when she decided to get healthier and lost over 20 kilograms (around 44 pounds). She has now performed in dozens of fashion weeks and runways across the world…
417: Gertrude Ederle The First woman to Swim the English Channel Born: 23 October 1905, New York City, New York, United States of America Died: 30 November 2003, Wyckoff, New Jersey, United States of America Olympic Gold Medalist; Gertrude also used to be the world record holder in several different swimming events. She even recovered…
416: Kubaba Sumerian King and the Only Female Listed on the Sumerian King’s List Lived and Died: c. 25th Century BCE, Kish, Sumer (Present-day Iraq) Other Translations: Kug-Baba or Kubau The list claims she ruled for one hundred years around the Dynastic III Period of Sumerian History. It is said she was originally a tavern…
415: Marie Maynard Daly Chemist Who Studied the Chemical Makeup of the Human Body Born: 16 April 1921, Queens, New York, United States of America Died: 28 October 2003, New York City, New York, United States of America Marie was the first African American woman to receive a PhD in chemistry in the United States….
“I’m now so accustomed to receiving honors, that I take them…without blushing.” 414: Caroline Herschel Astronomer and Pioneer in Celestial Cataloging Born: 16 March 1750, Hanover, Germany Died: 9 January 1848, Hanover, Germany Caroline’s major contribution to the field are the discoveries of several comets (one of which now bears her name). Her brother was…
These are the entries born on the Island of Bermuda. Entries: Sybilla Masters, The First Person in the American Colonies to be Granted an English Patent
413: Sybilla Masters Inventor and Patent Holder Born: 1676, According to Wikipedia, She was Born in Bermuda Died: 23 August 1720, Location Unknown Sybilla was also the First Person in the American colonies to be granted an English patent. She is the first known Caucasian female machinery inventor in the United States. Sybilla’s first invention…