Got to knw abt all these women :)

1: NASEEM HAMEED is a Pakistani athlete, who became the fastest woman in South Asia when she won a gold medal in the 100-metre event of the 11th South Asian Federation Games in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Monday, February 09, 2010. Naseem started her career as an athlete from her school. She participated in various sports activities at school and college levels. During her time in college, she was noticed by Army coaches and was allowed to practice in Army grounds near Korangi. She won various local events after this and was then picked by Pakistan Railways as an athlete. Naseem consistent performance earned her a place to represent Pakistan in 2010 SAF Games in Dhaka where she won the Coveted Gold in 100 Meters clocking 11.81 gaining the title of Fastest Women in South Asia and emerge as the queen of the track


2: Phillis Wheatley was a highly educated woman and a gifted poet of the late eighteenth century. While it was unusual for woman of that era to be highly educated, it was almost unheard of for a slave to be able to read and write. Regardless, Phillis Wheatley was a slave girl whose education helped to her to become a recognized and published poet in the late 1700s.

3: Edith Wharton is the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, 1921Wharton won the prize for her 1920 novel The Age of Innocence. Like many of Wharton’s books, The Age of Innocence was a critique of the insularity and hypocrisy of the upper class in turn-of-the-century New York. The book has inspired several stage and screen adaptations, and the writer Cecily Von Ziegesar has said that it was the model for her popular Gossip Girl series of books.

4: Juli Inkster Golfer
Juli Inkster’s story is one of perseverance and patience. In 1983, Juli burst on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour in a blaze of glory. She had an extraordinary rookie year, capturing the Nabisco Dinah Shore and du Maurier Classic, becoming the first rookie to win two major championships on one season. She was also named 1984 LPGA Rookie of the Year. After this amazing year, Juli’s career floundered. Her play became inconsistent and, except for her 1989 Dinah Shore victory, Juli failed to win another Grand Slam tournament for fifteen years.

5: Manon Rheaume is the first woman to play in an NHL game, 1992 Manon Rheaume, a goalie from Quebec City, Canada, was no stranger to firsts: She was well-known for being the first female player to take the ice in a major boys’ junior hockey game. In 1992, Rheaume was the starting goalie for the National Hockey League’s Tampa Bay Lighting in a preseason exhibition game, making her the first woman to play in any of the major men’s sports leagues in the U.S. In that game, she deflected seven of nine shots; however, she was taken out of the game early and never played in a regular-season game. Rheaume led the Canadian women’s national team to victory in the 1992 and 1994 World Hockey Championships. The team also won silver at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan.