Compilation of women who have started new journey throughout history, women who executed actions that no other woman had done before.
Marie Curie She born in Poland on 7 November 1867, this brilliant woman was the first to: Win the Nobel Prize in Physics Earn a master’s degree in physics from Sorbonne University Use the term “radioactivy” Be a Laboratory Chief and professor at the Sorbonne University Be a member of the French Academy of Medicine […]
Martine Grael Martine born in Brazil on 21 February 1991. She is a sailor and took gold in her home Olympic Games in Rio. Her father, Torben Gael, is the Olympic gold medalist in sailing as well. On 22 October 2017, Martine became the first Brazilian female to compete in one of the most important […]
Julieta Lanteri Born in Italy on March 22, 1873 and Argentinian citizen. In 1911, Julieta became the first woman to vote in Latin America, even though women did not have the right to vote at that time. Julieta was also the first woman to graduate from the National School of La Plata, and in 1906 […]
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Juana Inés de Asbaje, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, was born on November 12, 1651 in the State of Mexico, Mexico. She was one of the most important intellectuals in Mexico. She wrote poetry, plays and essays. She entered the Order of San Jerónimo to […]
Zaha Hadid The first woman to receive the Pritzker Prize, and until today the only woman to receive the Gold Medal of the Royal British Institute of Architects. She was born on October 31, 1950 in Iraq, in a high class family. Her mother was an artist and her father was a wealthy industrialist, co-founder […]
Evelyn Miot Born in Haiti in 1943. At age 18 she was one of the 15 finalists of the 1962 edition. In her own words she says that her legacy is having been a pioneer for Haiti in Miss Universe. Married for more than 45 years with the Italian, Johnny Camarchioli, they have lived for […]
Viola Desmond She was born in Nova Scotia, Canada on July 6, 1914. Viola grew up in a middle-class mixed-race family, one of ten children of James Albert and Gwendolin Irene DavisOne. When Viola graduated from high school, she worked as a teacher in two racially-segregated schools for Black students. After that period, she was refused admittance […]
Cassie de Pecol Cassie was born on June 23, 1989 in United States, she grew up educated by her parents through homeschooling before attending public school at 13. She majored in environmental studies in College. At 21 she started her own business and her solo travels where she would live in 9 countries and travel to […]
Having a birth certificate is foundational. Birth certificates are the first step toward a legal identity. However, in some economies, mothers cannot register the birth of a child in the same way as fathers. In Greece, the father is legally obligated to register the child; the mother needs a special mandate by a notary attorney to […]
Gabriel Mistral December 1945, Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, better known as Gabriela Mistral, received the Nobel Prize for Literature, became the first woman in Latin America to receive this award. She was born in 1889 in a small town in Chile, daughter of a rural teacher who abandoned his family when Gabriela was 3 years old. […]
