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Traveled to all sovereign nations on a trip from July 24, 2015, to February 2, 2017; she thus obtained the Guinness World Record for "Fastest Person (Female) to Travel to All Sovereign Nations" and is the first documented woman, fastest American, and youngest American to do such a trip: Laura Dekker: Dutch, German, and New Zealander: 1995
Mayflower officers and crew. According to author Charles Edward Banks, the Mayflower had 14 officers consisting of the master, four mates, four quartermasters, surgeon, carpenter, cooper, cook, boatswain, and gunner, plus about 36 men before the mast for a total of 50. More recent authors estimate a crew of about 30.
Olajumoke Adenowo (born 1968), architect, businesswoman, head of the oil and gas firm Advantage Energy, founder of AD Consulting. Folorunsho Alakija (born 1951), business tycoon in the fashion, oil and printing industries. Folake Coker (born 1974), fashion designer, founder of Tiffany Amber. Uche Eze (born 1983), social media expert ...
List of female United States Cabinet members. Kamala Harris is the highest-ranking woman to serve in a Cabinet as Vice President of the United States. Madeleine Albright (left), Condoleezza Rice (center), and Hillary Clinton (right) are the highest-ranking women to lead a federal executive department; each held the post of Secretary of State ...
An all-female band is a band which has consisted entirely of female musicians for at least three-quarters of its active career. This article only lists all-female bands who perform original material that is either authored by themselves or authored by another musician for that band's use. Therefore vocal groups (girl groups) are not included.
Bhutto was also the first of only two non-hereditary female world leaders who gave birth to a child while serving in office, the other being Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand. The longest-tenured female non-hereditary head of government and longest-serving female leader of a country is Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh. She served as the country's prime ...
1889: Anna Bissell, first female CEO in the United States of America. [50] [51] 1903: Maggie L. Walker, first African-American woman to charter a bank. [citation needed] [52] 1915: Helena Rubinstein, first woman to found a cosmetics company. [53] 1945: Ruth Handler, first female president of a major toy company.
Helga Gill (1885–1928) – Norwegian-born British suffragist who spoke at meetings. Katie Edith Gliddon (1883–1967) – watercolour artist and militant suffragette. Frances Gordon (born c. 1874) – prominent in the militant wing of the Scottish women's suffrage movement; imprisoned and force-fed.