For centuries there were untold number of professions and achievements that were viewed solely as the domain of men. It was unheard of for a woman to think of filling any of these occupations.

But there are many brave women who had the courage and fortitude to go valiantly into uncharted waters and break through those barriers, even when the odds were stacked against them.

Click on a link to read about these extraordinary women who were the first in their field to make herstory, and check back often as we are always adding new women that herstory would like to recognize!

Arabella Mansfield – First Female Attorney

Elizabeth Blackwell– First Female Doctor

Katherine Graham – First Female Publisher

Lucy Hobbs Taylor – First Female Dentist

 Marie Curie – First Female to Receive a Nobel Prize

Susanna M. Salter – First Female Mayor

Wilma Rudolph– First Female to Win 3 Olympic Gold Medals

Valentina Tereshkova– First Female in Space

*references- britannica.com