Statistics for Female Firsts

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Category	Answer	% Correct
Prime Minister of UK	Margaret Thatcher	93%
Prime Minister of India	Indira Gandhi	84%
Fly Across the Atlantic Ocean	Amelia Earhart	77%
Win A Nobel Prize	Marie Curie	75%
Win the Wimbledon Title (Open Era)	Billie Jean King	36%
Prime Minister of Australia	Julia Gillard	34%
Win an Oscar for Best Director	Kathryn Bigelow	34%
Go Into Space	Valentina Tereshkova	32%
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	Aretha Franklin	30%
President of Ireland	Mary Robinson	15%
Swim the English Channel	Gertrude Ederle	9%
Win Grammy Award for Album of the Year	Judy Garland	9%
Prime Minister of a Country	Sirimavo Bandaranaike	8%
Reach the Summit of Mt. Everest	Junko Tabei	6%
Break the Sound Barrier	Jacqueline Cochran	5%
Prime Minister of New Zealand	Jenny Shipley	5%
Win the Turner Prize	Rachel Whiteread	5%
Hollywood Walk of Fame Star	Joanne Woodward	2%
Win the Booker Prize for Fiction	Bernice Rubens	1%
Fly Solo Across the World	Jerrie Mock	1%