Ann Dunwoody is the first woman to become a Four-Star General in the U.S. military. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The General’s Full Interview: “We want the best and the brightest, male or female.” I was a tomboy. I loved sports. I was going to be a coach and phys-ed…
Michelle Phan is the first woman to build a $500 million company from a web series. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Entreprenur’s Full Interview: “The first person I wanted to tell was my mother.” I uploaded my first video in 2007. Social media wasn’t even called social media yet.…
Carla Hayden is the first woman and first African American to a Librarian of Congress. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Librarian’s Full Interview: “I saw myself in a book and that will never leave me.” Bright April by Marguerite de Angeli was how I first learned about library fines. I…
Janet Yellen is the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Chair’s Full Interview: “Unfortunately, women and minority economists are still underrepresented.” I had worked primarily as an economics professor and researcher before joining the Fed as a governor in 1994. This really marked…
Geisha Williams is the first Latina CEO of a Fortune 500 Company, PG&E. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Engineer‘s Full Interview: “If someone else can do it, why not you?” I was born in Cuba, where my father was a political prisoner. When he was released, he and my…
Eileen Collins, the retired NASA astronaut, is the first woman to command and pilot a space shuttle. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Pilot’s Full Interview: “This isn’t just about me” I decided I wanted to be an astronaut in fourth grade. I remember reading an article in Junior Scholastic about…
Elizabeth Blackburn is the first woman to become President of the Salk Institute. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. “Being visible is important.” I grew up in a small town in Tasmania, and I just loved animals. We had so many. At some point I counted in our house budgerigars, canaries, a dog, a cat,…
Katharine Jefferts Schori is the First Female to be elected presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. An incredible accomplishment highlighted in TIME Magazine’s Firsts Edition on Women changing the World. Here is The Bishop’s Full Interview: “Engendering opposition is a sign of being effective.” I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, spending lots of time in the mountains and the islands in Puget…
On Aug. 26, 1920, women won the right to vote in the United States, a historic victory in the long march toward equal rights. Almost a century later, we still have to address the economic disparities women face in order to achieve equality in all aspects. Today, women play an outsized role in the economy. They make up half the…
