| First woman in space | Valentina Tereshkova | USSR |
| First woman to cross the Atlantic in a solo flight | Amelia Earhart | USA |
| First woman to scale Mt Everest | Junko Tabei | Japan |
| First woman to win an Olympic gold | Charlotte Cooper | England |
| First woman Prime Minister in the world | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka |
| First American woman in space | Sally Ride | USA |
| First female commander of International Space Station | Peggy Whitson | USA |
| First woman Chess Grandmaster in the world | Nona Gaprindashvili | Georgia |
| First woman to win a Nobel Prize | Marie Curie | Poland/France |
| Name | Country | Post |
|---|---|---|
| Srimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lanka | Prime Minister |
| Golda Meir | Israel | Prime Minister |
| Indira Gandhi | India | Prime Minister |
| Margaret Thatcher | United Kingdom | Prime Minister |
| Benazir Bhutto | Pakistan | Prime Minister |
| Khaleda Zia | Bangladesh | Prime Minister |
| Edith Cresson | France | Prime Minister |
| Kim Campbell | Canada | Prime Minister |
| Julia Gillard | Australia | Prime Minister |
| Yingluck Shinawatra | Thailand | Prime Minister |
| Angela Merkel | Germany | Chancellor |
| Corazon Aquino | Philippines | President |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | Sri Lanka | President |
| Megawati Sukarnoputri | Indonesia | President |
| Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Liberia | President |
| Pratibha Patil | India | President |
| Dilma Rousseff | Brazil | President |
| Park Geun-hye | South Korea | President |
| Ameenah Gurib-Fakim | Mauritius | President |
| Bidhya Devi Bhandari | Nepal | President |