First In World : Female Personalities 2

S.No.	Role	Miscellaneous
1	First person to discover radioactivity	Marie Curie of Poland
2	First woman to swim the english channel	Gertrude Ederle of the USA
3	First woman to reach the North Pole	Ann Bancroft of USA
4	First woman Prime Minister of the UK	Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, 1979
5	First woman to win Magsasay award	M. S. Subbulakshmi, 1974
6	First woman to win the Templeton award	Mother Teresa
7	First woman to win nobel prize in literature	Pearl S. Buck
8	First woman to reach South pole	Shirley M. Metz (USA)
9	First woman Prime Minister of European country	Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, 1979
10	First youngest Asian to swim across English channel	Arti Pradhan at the age of 16
11	First camerawoman	Tamara Lobova
12	First lady composer	Jaddan Bai
13	First lady Director	Lois Weber (USA)
14	First lady Producer	Countess Bubha (UK)
15	First woman Bishop in Anglicicanism	Barbara Harris (USA)
16	First democratically elected female head of a Country	Vigdis Finnbogadottir
17	First woman airplane pilot in the World	Prem Mathur (India)
18	First woman Doctor in the World	Elizabeth Blackwell
19	First woman pilot to fly an airbus 300	Capt. Durba Bannerjee, 1987
20	First Asian woman member of the House of Lords of British Parliament	Mrs. Sheela Flather of India