Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born in 1937), is the first woman in history to have made a journey into space, and the only woman to have made this journey alone. Selected by Nikita Khrushchev Valentina Tereshkova was born on March 6, 1937, in Maslennikovo, Russia, to a farmer father and a mot
Pioneer of womens cycling, Alfonsina Strada (1891 – 1959) completed the Giro dItalia in 1924 in an all-male peloton; she is the only woman to have officially participated in this race and one of the three great mens cycling tours. The Freedom Machine The origins and childhood of little Alfonsina
Ann Bancroft (born 1955) is an American polar explorer. She is the first woman to have led expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica, and to have explored both poles. Physical education teacher Born September 29, 1955 in Mendota Heights, Minnesota (United States), Ann Bancroft grew up in an environ
French aviator, Adrienne Bolland was the first woman to cross the Andes Cordillera by plane in incredible conditions. Committed and humanist, she notably took a stand for womens right to vote and became involved in the Resistance during the Second World War. The first woman to cross the Channel by