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…
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…
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…
Shonda Rhimes, of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder fame, is the first woman to create three hit shows with more than 100 episodes each. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Showrunner’s Full Interview: “I wasn’t trying to make someone who was “likable.” The set for the…
Danica Patrick, a stock car racing driver and a model, is the first woman to lead in the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Driver’s Full Interview: “Not everyone likes you back, or treats you well.” When I was a kid, I tried everything: T-ball,…
