| BETTYBOOTHROYD | Former dancer who became the first female speaker of the House of Commons (5,9) |
| BUDDYEBSEN | Former dancer who played Jed Clampett in the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies |
| BOOTHROYD | Betty --, the first female Speaker of the House of Commons (9) |
| PELOSI | Congresswoman Nancy who was the first female Speaker of the House |
| BETTY | First female Speaker of the House of Commons, in office from 1992 to 2000 (5) |
| NANCYPELOSI | First female Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (5,6) |
| BUSSELL | Former dancer with The Royal Ballet who became a principal dancer at the age of 20, Darcey _ (7) |
| RACHELWHITEREAD | Artist who became the first female winner of the Turner prize, for House in 1993 |
| SABRINACARPENTER | American singer, songwriter and actress who in 2024 became the first female artist to occupy the top three spots of the UK Singles Chart simultaneously for two consecutive weeks (7,9) |
| GRATTAN | Who became the first female editor of a metropolitan daily newspaper in Australia when she was appointed editor of The Canberra Times in 1993? (7) |
| MABUSE | Oti, South African dancer who became a panellist on the TV reality series The Masked Dancer in 2021 (6) |
| TTFI | What is the abbreviation for the governing body of a successful medal sport for India in Asian and Commonwealth Games for which Meghna Ahlawat became the first female president in December 2022? (1,1, |
| TARJAHALONEN | Who became the first female president of Finland? (5,7) |
| TANGNEY | Which Labor politician became the first female member of the senate in 1943? (7) |
| LAURA | American economist who became the first female Dean of London Business School in 2002 (5,5) |
| TYSON | American economist who became the first female Dean of London Business School in 2002 (5,5) |
| MARYMCALEESE | In 1997 ____ became the first female president to succeed a female president (of a nation) |
| THERESAMAY | ____ became the first female chairman of the Conservative party in 2002 |
| HARRIS | Kamala, former California senator who became the first female U.S. vice president in 2021 (6) |
| FOSTER | In 2016, she (surname) became the first female first minister of Northern Ireland (6) |
