FEMALE FIRSTS TRAILBLAZERS

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TRAILBLAZERS

1922–1937: Aloha Wanderwell, first woman to drive around the world.

1949: Jenny Lou Carson, the first woman to write a No. 1 country music hit.

1960: Joanne Woodward, earns the first Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

1972: Loretta Lynn becomes the first woman named Entertainer of the Year from the Country Music Association

1984: Lydia Canaan, listed in the catalog of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's Library and Archives as the first rock star of the Middle East.

1987: Aretha Franklin, first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1990: Rachel Rachel, first all-female Christian rock band in American and world Contemporary Christian music history.

1996: Cheryl Dunye, first feature-length narrative film written and directed by out black lesbian about black lesbians (The Watermelon Woman).

2011: Jennifer Yuh Nelson, first woman to solely direct an animated feature from a major Hollywood studio (Kung Fu Panda 2).

2014: Judith Weir, first female Master of the Queen's Music.

2017: Patty Jenkins, first woman to direct a studio superhero comic book live-action theatrical release film (Wonder Woman).

2019: Nina Martinez, first living HIV-positive kidney donor in the US