Cathy Freeman
At her home Olympics in 2000, Cathy Freeman was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an individual Olympic gold medal.
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Fay Fuller
Fay Fuller was the first known woman to summit Mount Rainier.
Kathy Whitworth
At nineteen she joined the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. Over the next fifteen years, she received the LPGA Player of the Year Award seven times.
Gertrude Fiske
Painter Gertrude Fiske was a co-founder of the Guild of Boston Artists in 1914 and the Boston Society of Etchers in 1917. She was also the first woman named to the Massachusetts Art Commission, as well as a successful golfer.
Cleone de Hevengham Benest
British motorist, engineer and metallurgist
Camille du Gast
Daredevil sportswoman, animal rights activist and feminist in Belle Epoque Paris
Winnie Drinkwater
Scotswoman Winnie Drinkwater was a very well-known pilot and engineer in the 1930s.
Lettice Curtis
Pioneering British commercial pilot and aeronautical engineer.
Sabiha Gürayman
Turkey’s first woman engineer
Kittie Knox
A biracial woman and a bicyclist, Kittie Knox (1874-1900) braved barely-paved Boston streets as well as discrimination by the all-white (and predominantly male) bicycle clubs. As a competitive cyclist, she designed a bicycle-riding outfit for women that included knickerbockers pants.