First Woman

Robinson's touted as one of her country's most influential women. Also this week: Hillary heads to Iowa, and we meet France's political star.

Mo'ne Davis has made history is more ways than one. Here are some other knock-outs who have done the same.

Told as a child that she wasn’t talented at math, Maryam Mirzakhani just made history.

“Queen of Country” Kitty Wells paved the way for later female artists while questioning post-war women-blaming.

Claudette Colvin was the first woman to defy the order to stand. Yet her tale has been largely lost to history.

By normal measures of imperial China, Empress Wu Zetian did a pretty solid job. So why has she been impugned in history?