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Considered the world's first computer programmer.

Worked alongside Charles Babbage and created programs for the digital computers he invented.

Studied as a mathematician.

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First woman in America to receive a medical degree.

Her family moved to the US from England when she was 11 years old.

During her time in medical school, she was excluded and faced discrimination.

Devoted much of her later career to training women entering medical fields.

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First woman to win a Nobel Prize

First person to win the Nobel Prize a second time

Her work led to the discovery of polonium and radium - and the development of X-rays.

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First woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

Created a network of charitable and humanitarian organizations in Europe during World War I. 

Was among a handful of journalists and writers allowed on the front lines during the war.

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First female member of a Presidential Cabinet - Secretary of Labor for Franklin D. Roosevelt

Developed many of the New Deal solutions to the Great Depression

"The work of Frances Perkins lives on in our unemployment insurance, minimum wage, shorter work week and federal laws regulating child labor and worker’s safety."

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Born in St. Louis, Missouri

Became a sought after performer famous for her unique dancing style and outrageous costumes

Participated in the French Resistance as a spy during World War II

Refused to perform for segregated audiences and devoted her later life to the American Civil Rights Movement

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Graduated with a PhD in mathematics from Yale

Creating the terms "bug" and "de-bug" to describe computer problems

Co-created COBOL, one of the earliest standardized computer languages

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Pioneered the technology that forms the basis for WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth

Moved to the US in 1937 to pursue a career in American cinema

Began inventing between takes on Hollywood movie sets

In 1942, co-patented an idea they called the "Secret Communication System"

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Godmother of Rock and Roll

One of earliest songs described as rock and roll which combined gospel vocals with electric guitar

Pioneer in use of electric guitar - a new instrument at the time

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American war worker during World War II

Most likely the model for the iconic "We Can Do it" posters

The image is most commonly known as Rosie the Riveter

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First person of Native American descent to become a prima ballerina at a major company

Performed with the New York City Ballet from 1948 - 1965

First prima ballerina at the New Your City Ballet

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Served in the Arizona State Senate from 1969-1974

First woman on the supreme court in 1981

Was seen as firm, but just - and was not swayed by partisan opinions in her judicial decisions

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Graduated from Columbia Law School tied for first in her class

Helped start the Women's Right Project at the American Civil Liberties Union

First female tenured professor at Columbia Law School

Was an important voice for gender equality

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First woman in fly space

Orbited the earth 48 times

Learned to parachute in her spare time while she was working in a textile mill

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Known as the "Queen of Soul"

Advocated for civil rights and women's rights

First woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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First woman to officially enter the Boston Marathon

They attempted to force her off the course, but she managed to finish the 26.2 miles

Helped to advocate for the inclusion of the women's marathon in the Olympics

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First American woman in space

Graduated from Stanford with a PhD in physics

Worked with her partner Tam O’Shaughnessy to create Sally Ride Science, an organization to encourage children's interest in science

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First woman to serve as Librarian of Congress

Began her career in the Chicago Public Library as a children's librarian and a youth services coordinator

First African American to receive Library Journal’s Librarian of the Year Award in recognition of her outreach services at the Pratt Library in Baltimore

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First Hispanic and Latina supreme court justice

Third woman to serve on the Supreme Court

Worked as an assistant district attorney, in private practice, at the U.S. District Court, and in the U.S. Court of Appeals before joining the Supreme Court

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First woman to serve at Vice President of the United States

Began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office

First African American and first woman to serve as California's Attorney General

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First permanent female NFL referee

First woman to officiate in a Super Bowl

Started officiating high school football and worked her way up to college games before joining the NFL

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First female to coach in the NFL

First woman to play running back in a men's professional league (Indoor Football League)

Won four National Championships and two gold medals as a member of Team USA in the 2010 and 2013 International Federation of American Football’s (IFAF) Women’s World Championship

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First woman to win an Indy Car race

First woman to win the pole position at the NASCAR Daytona 500

"I was brought up to be the fastest driver, not the fastest girl."

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