Althea Gibson became the first African-American and first female African-American tennis player to win a singles title in tennis at Wimbledon in 1957.Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981. As a justice, O'Connor was as a key swing vote in many important cases, including upholding Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. She retired in 2006.Shirley Chisholm became the first African-American woman elected to Congress in 1969.Hillary Clinton became the first woman to win a presidential primary contest in 2008.Frances Perkins became the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet in 1932.Tammy Baldwin became the first openly lesbian woman elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012.Sally Ride became the first American and LGBT woman to enter outer space in 1983.Nancy Pelosi became the first female Speaker of the House in 2007.Ella Fitzgerald became the first African-American woman to win a Grammy award in 1959.Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to U.S. Congress in 1916.MazieHirono became the first Asian-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012.Madam C.J. Walker became first African-America female self-made millionaire in the early 1900s.Wilma Mankiller became the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in 1985.Madeleine Albright became the first female Secretary of State in 1997.
