WOMEN'S DAY

Marie curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in 1903

Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman who went to space twice

Junko Tabei was the first woman to soar all seven summits by climbing the highest peak on every continent

Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim across the English Channel

Juliana Morell was a Spanish nun who became the first woman to receive a university degree

Sirimavo Bandaranaike was the world's first female prime minister

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman doctor in the world

Anna Atkins was the first woman to publish a book illustrated with photographs