Famous Firsts in Women's History - Classroom Display

A catching display to highlight women who achieved ‘firsts’ in their fields (science, sport, exploration, politics).

Includes 34 famous women of the world with images and short descriptions of each. If 34 firsts are just too many for you, you can purchase the first 17 and/or last 17 separately. Check them out here!

You might also be interested in the following displays highlighting amazing women, check them out below:
Mighty Women in Science:
Influential Women in History:
Women inventors (female innovators who changed our lives): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12720799

You can buy all 4 together and save in this BUNDLE:
Amazing Women BUNDLE - Display (in History, Science, Inventors, & Firsts)

Included in this resource are the following amazing women:

1. Aretha Franklin - first into the rock and roll hall of fame
2. Mary I of England - first Queen of England
3. Ada Lovelace - first computer programmer
4. Junko Tabei - first to climb Everest
5. Bertha Benz - first to drive a long distance
6. Simone Biles - first to complete new gymnastic elements
7. Madam C.J Walker - first to become a self-made millionaire
8. Valentina Tereshkova - first in space
9. Elizabeth Blackwell - first to graduate medical school
10. Gertrude Ederle - first to swim English channel
11. Oprah Winfrey - first to own and produce her own talk show
12. Caroline Mikkelsen - first to Antarctica
13. Frida Kahlo - first Mexican in the Louvre
14. Bertha von Suttner - first Nobel peace prize
15. Helen Hayes - First to win an EGOT
16. Katharine Graham - First CEO of Fortune 500 company
17. Jerrie Mock - first to fly solo around the world
18. Ursula von der Leyen - the first president of the European Union
19. Joan Benoit - first gold medal at Olympic marathon
20. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - the first president of an African country
21. Wangari Maathai - first African woman to win a Nobel peace prize
22. Barbra Streisand - First golden globe for best director
23. Marta - first footballer to score in 5 world cups
24. Harriet Tubman - first to lead an armed military op in the U.S
25. Vigdis Finnbogadottir - the first woman elected head of state (Iceland)
26. Sirimavo Bandaranaike - first prime minister (Sri Lanka)
27. Margaret Thatcher - first prime minister of the UK
28. Serena Williams - most grand slams, first to be num. 1 for over 300 weeks
29. Benazir Bhutto - the first leader of a Muslim country in modern history
30. Marie Curie - first to win a Nobel prize
31. Toni Morrison - first blank woman to win Nobel prize in literature
32. Ella Fitzgerald - first to win a grammy
33. Edith Wharton - first Pulitzer prize
34. Kay Cotte - first solo, non-stop, unassisted circumnavigation of the world

(PDF A4 pages in LANDSCAPE with border). All images were free from copyright when sourced.