TIMELINE
(1815 - 1984)
1815

Ada Lovelace

First Computer Programmer
1903

Maria Sklodowska-Curie

First Person to Receive Two Nobel Prizes
1928

Amelia Earhart

First Female Pilot to fly Solo across the Atlantic
1960

Wilma Rudolph

First American Woman to Win Three Gold Metals at the Olympics in Track & Field
1976

Nadia Comaneci

First Person to Receive Seven Perfect Scores as a Gymnast
1983

Sally Ride

First American Female Astronaut
1984

Geraldine Ferraro

First FemaleVice-
President Candidate


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