Clorox Bleachman 2,405 Posted November 28, 2018 30 minutes ago, charon said: Updated to 2019. Wifie first to die by electric scooter. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/28/90-year-old-woman-dies-collision-electric-scooter/ To clarify, she was knocked over by a scooter. Another woman was the first to die from falling off one. 90-year-old cutting about on one of they things would be quite a sight! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted November 28, 2018 No clarification needed..... To die 'by'.......is pretty much bulletproof in how its read. Not talking suicide by....accidentally fell aff by..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 12, 2019 Barbara Gardner Proctor, the first African American woman to operate an advertising agency and who helped bring the Beatles to America while an executive at Vee-Jay records, has died. She was 85. https://adage.com/article/agency-news/pioneering-black-woman-advertising-dies/316225/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 2, 2019 Rena Karefa-Smart, the first black woman to receive a Yale Divinity School diploma and a Harvard Divinity School doctorate, has died. She was 97. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/obituaries/rena-karefa-smart-97-dead.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,026 Posted February 6, 2019 Gay Absalom Barrett, UK's first female commercial helicopter pilot, 75: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/230971/barrett Here's a pic of her straddling a chopper: http://twudigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16283coll1/id/208 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,026 Posted May 22, 2019 Obituary of Dale Greig, Scotswoman who set the world's first officially ratified record for the Women's Marathon: https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17655730.obituary-dale-greig-athletics-pioneer-and-holder-of-the-first-officially-ratified-world-record-for-the-womens-marathon/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 6, 2019 Ellen Bree Burns, Connecticut's first female judge, has died. She was 95. https://www.law.com/ctlawtribune/2019/06/05/ellen-bree-burns-connecticuts-first-female-federal-judge-has-died/?slreturn=20190505200811 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,639 Posted June 6, 2019 On 28/11/2018 at 20:54, Clorox Bleachman said: To clarify, she was knocked over by a scooter. Another woman was the first to die from falling off one. 90-year-old cutting about on one of they things would be quite a sight! So, bit of a random question but... It's widely accepted that the use of crash test dummies has a male bias and over the years this has led to cars designed around the size of a typical male and - therefore - higher death rates as a percentage of females in car accidents when compared to males. Are crash tests etc. on mobility scooters equally sexist making user and pedestrian deaths more likely to be female than male? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,386 Posted August 29, 2019 Lila Cockrell, Mayor of San Antonio from 1975-1981 then again from 1989-1991, has died aged 97. Often she is quoted as being the first female Mayor of a major US metropolis. However, as her wikipedia article recognises, Bertha Knight Landes was in fact Mayor of Seattle in the 1920s. Nevertheless, Lila still holds the honour of being the first female Mayor of a one of America's 10 largest cities. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dean1991 116 Posted November 16, 2019 Grammy winner Ethel Gabriel hits 98 today. She produced records for Elvis Presley and Perry Como amongst other big names back in the day. She was also the first female producer attached to a major label. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,405 Posted November 23, 2019 Barbara Hillary, the first African-American woman to reach the North Pole when she was aged 75, and later the first to reach both poles, dead at 88. Just this year she travelled to Outer Mongolia for a documentary: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 24, 2019 14 hours ago, Clorox Bleachman said: Barbara Hillary, the first African-American woman to reach the North Pole when she was aged 75, and later the first to reach both poles, dead at 88. Just this year she travelled to Outer Mongolia for a documentary: *Page Not Found* (your link) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 27, 2019 Sir Edmund Hillary first to climb to the top of the world. Miss Barbara Hillary first to go from the top....to the bottom. Here's a link what works. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 5, 2020 June Bacon-Bercey, the first American female TV meteorologist, died last July but is only now being reported. She was 90 according to the link below, though Wikipedia indicates she would've been 86. I guess it took a long-term forecast to find where she went off the radar. https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/june-bacon-bercey-americas-1st-female-tv-meteorologist-dies-at-90/655500 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,592 Posted January 15, 2020 Liang Jun, China's first female tractor driver (1948) has died aged 90. She was later featured on the 1 Yuan note. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,026 Posted February 27, 2020 Obit for journalist and sometime broadcaster Miranda Ward, reportedly the first female voice heard on Radio 1: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/feb/27/miranda-ward-obituary Had the flat where Sandy Denny collapsed, later to die in hospital, apparently. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 1, 2020 Joyce Gordon, the first female president of the New York branch of the Screen Actors Guild, has died. She was 90. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joyce-gordon-dead-screen-actors-guild-president-dies-at-90-1281957 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 15, 2020 Barbara C. Harris, the first female Bishop in the Anglican communion, has died. She was 89. https://www.npr.org/2020/03/14/815892227/barbara-c-harris-first-female-bishop-in-anglican-communion-dies-at-89 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted April 10, 2020 Twitter reporting the death of Dame Jocelyn Barrow, the first Black woman governor of the BBC, at age 90. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,026 Posted June 5, 2020 First woman to graduate in camera from the UK's National Film and TV School, cinematographer Diane Tammes dead at 78: https://www.screendaily.com/news/diane-tammes-pioneering-uk-cinematographer-dies-aged-78/5150390.article 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 7, 2020 Yvonne Bechet, the first Black female police officer in New Orleans, has died. https://talk-dat-nola.radiowebsite.co/news/new-orleans-police-s-first-black-woman-officer-has-died-757 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 8, 2020 Emily Howell Warner, the first female U.S. airline pilot and captain, has died. She was 86. Warner commanded the first all-female crew in 1986. She retired in 2002, having spent 42 years in aviation. https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/history/born-in-denver-the-first-female-us-airline-pilot-captain-has-died-at-80/73-8852e45f-c1ce-438e-a2b5-2108d5b2b0ee?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 25, 2020 Brenda Robertson, the first ever female member of the New Brunswick Legislature, has died. She was 91. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/brenda-robertson-dies-1.5736846 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 25, 2020 Marjorie Carroll, the first female mayor of Waterloo, Ontario, has died. She was 88. She served as mayor from 1977 to 1988. https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/trailblazer-marjorie-carroll-former-waterloo-mayor-has-died-1.5159837 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 30, 2020 The first female president of Kentucky State University has passed away. Dr. Mary L. Smith was the 14th president in KSU history, and served in that role from 1991 to 1998. SC 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
