First and Only Women is a fascinating account of some of history's most inspiring women. Among the female firsts are Pharoah Hatshepsut, a woman who ruled as king, not as queen; Christine de Pisan, Europe's first professional female writer; and Valentina Tereshkova, Russian astronaut and in 1963 the first woman in space. Adventurers and athletes, politicians and scientists, artists and educators, revolutionaries and criminals - First and Only Women celebrates some extraordinary women who have singularly and collectively cleared a path for other women to follow.