Sep 5, 2017
As part of TIME Firsts, our project featuring 45 groundbreaking women, TIME and LIFE want to hear stories from our readers. Has a woman or girl you know been a “first”? The first to win the science fair? The first in her family to attend college? The first to become mayor of her town? Share your images and stories with us using the hashtag #SheIsTheFirst, and they could be featured in @TIME. Read more at TIME.com/Firsts. … We look back at the historical figures who shattered glass ceilings. Pictured here, Valentina Tereshokova, the Soviet cosmonaut who became the first woman in space in 1963. (Keystone-France—Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) #LIFElegends #ValentinaTereshokova #SheIsTheFirst