MinnPost

Susan Allen: The first Native American woman elected to serve in the Minnesota Legislature

In 2012, Susan Allen became the first Two-Spirit Native American woman elected to serve in the Minnesota Legislature.
The Herald-Dispatch

Culloden native, first woman to lead 4-H on the state level, dies at age 104

Mildred Fizer, a Cabell County native and the nation’s first female state 4-H leader, died Nov. 28 at the age of 104, the West Virginia University Extension announced earlier this week. “Mildred ...
Gulf Live

Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint

KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife ...
AOL

Weston Native First American Woman To Solo Ski To World's End: 'It's Still Sinking In'

Monet Izabeth Eliastam stresses she's just a normal woman, but her resume would disagree. The 36-year-old Massachusetts native became the first American woman to reach the South Pole without a ...

Honoring Native Mothers: Our First Teachers

Opinion This Mother’s Day, Native News Online honors Native mothers — the life-givers, the culture-keepers, the women whose strength holds our nations together. For Native peoples, motherhood is more ...
News4Jax

Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint

KWETHLUK, Alaska – It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife of an ...