Selena Gomez is the first person to reach a 100 million followers on Instagram. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Tastemaker’s Full Interview: “Strength is being vulnerable.” My mom did a lot of theater growing up. So I think it was instinctual for me to perform. I loved being able to…
The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT said that it will launch the second phase of the Slim Initiative for Genomic Medicine in the Americas (SIGMA 2), using an additional $74 million pledged to the research institute by the foundation of Mexican billionaire philanthropist Carlos Slim Hélu. The Billionnaire Carlos Slim Foundation has donated a total $139 million toward SIGMA, created…
Oprah Winfrey is the first woman to own and produce her own talk show. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Titan’s Full Interview: “No matter where you are in your life, you are not alone.” My significant personal “first” would be the very first time I actually hosted a talk show. From the…
Nikki Haley is the first Indian-American woman to be elected governor. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Leader’s Full Interview: “I wanted to be mayor of Bamberg one day—that was as high as I could see.” As a child, the only person I could relate to was the mayor of Bamberg, South…
Jennifer Yuh Nelson is the first woman to solo-direct a major Hollywood animated feature. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Animator’s Full Interview: “When you talk about glass ceilings, she put me in a catapult.” I’ve been asked about the glass ceiling a lot, and I don’t think of myself as some…
GE is offering a limited number of scholarships covering full tuition to deserving candidates for the Africa Industrial Internet Programme. The scholarships will be awarded to the most-deserving candidates on a first-come first-served basis. They strongly recommend that you submit your application early to stand a good chance of securing a scholarship. ALU is a network of world-class tertiary education…
Serena Williams is the first tennis player to win 23 Grand Slam singles titles in the open era. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Pro’s Full Interview: “I would have loved to have had a role model.” I am the youngest of five girls. My sisters say I was a little bratty…
Madeleine Albright is the first woman to become U.S. Secretary of State. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Diplomat’s Full Interview: “It’s important to have more than one woman in the room.” Before I became Secretary of State, when I was teaching at Georgetown University, I always told my female students to…
Issa Rae, of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, is the first black woman to create and star in a premium cable series. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. “I remember seeing a regular black love story and wanting to be a part of that.” I put up the first episode of The Misadventures of…
Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, is the first woman to become a social-media billionaire. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. “The world accepted that girls didn’t really do math contests.” I was a nerd. When I was in high school, I went to a math competition because my math teacher told me…
