It presents many of the world’s most amazing women who, despite seemingly impossible odds took charge of their own destinies and changed the course of history.

Among the female firsts are Pharaoh Hatshepsut, a woman who ruled as king, not as queen; Christine de Pisan, Europe's first professional writer; and Valentina Tereshkova, Russian astronaut and the first woman in space.

Adventurers, athletes, politicians, artists, scientists, educators, revolutionariesand criminals fill the 300 pages.

First & Only Women celebrates some extraordinary pioneers who have singularly and collectively cleared a path for other females to follow.