List of First Women in India
Women empowerment or female empowerment is the way through which we try to empower women in every field. It has several definitions to give such as listening to women, educating women, letting them raise their voice towards certain topics, understanding and accepting their viewpoint, providing equal opportunities in every field, letting a woman be financially independent, and the list can go on. Women’s empowerment allows and provides paths to women and letting them make their own decisions which determine their life through all the obstacles society throws at them. Women empowerment nowadays has become an important and burning topic in economics and development as economic independence or economic empowerment can lead women to utilize the resources, assets, and income that can lead to a better society.
People often think that why to provide so many opportunities to women as they are weak, less capable, have less determination towards work, etc., but they forget that women are the counterpart of the society and by all means, they have the right to go for anything they are willing of. If here we talk about women being physically weak in contrast a woman or a female has the capability of bringing a new life in this world, and if we talk about facts than physiology men and women are different and they will always be but God has provided the same brain to all the humans, so why not judge someone based on their capabilities rather on their gender, let’s talk about the intelligence, caliber, potential, pressures handle capacity, leadership quality, and other personality traits.
Women have always been shattering those glass ceilings and telling the world that what they are capable of, women have done so many things despite all the restrictions and boundaries that people have created for them, and we have uncountable such women in our history, present, and will be in future too.
List of First Women in India
So many women our India have raised to set an example for the world that what capabilities does a woman can have, some of the honorable mentions are given here:
| Name of Women | Achievement | Details |
| Smt. Pratibha Patil | First woman president of India | Served as the 12th president of India from 2007 till 2012. |
| Smt. Indra Gandhi | India’s first woman Prime Minister, and first Bharat Ratna winner. | Became motivation for the millions of girls. She served as prime minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984. |
| Sarojini Naidu | India’s First Women Governor and also first woman president of INC(Indian National Congress) | An activist, a poet and also called “The Nightingale of India”. |
| Razia Sultan | India’s First Woman ruler on Delhi throne | She was the first Muslim woman to rule and also the last. |
| Kiran Bedi | India’s First Woman IPS officer | This lady has inspired a lot of hearts |
| Sucheta Kripalani | India’s First Woman Chief Minister of a state ( Uttar Pradesh) | – |
| Rajkumari Amrita Kaur | India’s First Woman Union minister | – |
| Annie Besant | India’s First Woman President of INC(Indian National Congress) | – |
| Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi | India’s First Woman Supreme Court | – |
| Nirja Bhanot | India’s First Woman, who got Ashok Chakra | A brave flight attendant saved many lives during the plane hijack. |
| Vijayalakshmi Pandit | India’s First Woman Ambassador at United Nations | – |
| Arati Saha | First Woman to swim across the English Channel | – |
| Mother Teresa | India’s First Woman to received Noble Prize | She served Indian people selflessly and became popular for spreading peace. |
| Bachendri Pal | India’s first woman to climb the Mt.Everest | – |
| Miss Reita Faria | India’s first woman to become Miss World | – |
| Santosh Yadav | India’s First Woman to climb Mt.Everest Twice | – |
| Sushmita Sen | India’s First Woman to become Miss Universe | A well-known Bollywood actress too. |
| Ashapurna Devi | First Indian woman to received Jnanpith Award | She was a famous poet and novelist. |
| Sania Mirza | first Indian Woman to won WTA(WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION) title | She is a reputed Indian tennis player. |
| Durga Banerjee | First Indian Woman airline pilot | – |
| Kamaljeet Sandhu | First Indian Woman to win a Gold in Asian Games | – |
| Arundhati Roy | First Indian woman to win Booker Prize | – |
| M.S. Subbulakshmi | First Indian woman musician to get Bharat Ratna | – |
| Kalpana Chawla | First Indian woman to go into space. | – |
All of the above-mentioned women have faced their different challenges but accepted all of them and fought with all of their hearts and eventually won and made names written in golden words with their works.
