First of Many — Women’s History Month 2021

In the past year, the world searched for “the first woman” more than ever before.

In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth, we’re celebrating some of the most notable firsts by women and the many they inspire, from the first woman to break the sound barrier to all of those continuing to break the glass ceiling.

Explore more firsts and learn about Google’s commitments to gender equality at https://goo.gle/WomensHistoryMonth.

Audio described version here: https://youtu.be/n6Qyxv7kH9Y

#FirstofMany #WomensHistoryMonth

CREDITS:

Google Brand Studio
Editorial: Jasmine McCullough – JOINT
Music Supervision and Production Company: Walker
Sound Mix: Charlie Keating
VFX/Color/Finish: Chapeau Studios

Footage courtesy of:

© 2019 The Recording Academy

Megan Thee Stallion Footage courtesy of 300 Entertainment

Missy Elliott “Supa Dupa Fly” video copyright courtesy of Atlantic Records

Video content provided courtesy of USA Gymnastics / NBC Sports

Footage and imagery Courtesy of Harpo, Inc.

Madam Walker Family Archives/A’Lelia Bundles

BioNTech SE 2020, all rights reserved

Dr. Maria Schaumayer Stiftung, http://schaumayerstiftung.net/cgi-bin/view.cgi?page=home

Courtesy of Science History Institute

SESC Ceará

Alice Ball image courtesy of University of Hawaii Library

Footage courtesy of The Kitchen Archive, c. 1971–1999. The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.

MC Sha-Rock is the First Women MC/Rapper of Hip Hop Culture as well as a Founding Member of Hip Hop Culture

Candy Bleakz appears courtesy of Chocolate City Limited/ Warner Music Group

CL – Rapper, Recording Artist & Performer

Sharif Hamza

Content provided courtesy of USA Gymnastics / NBC Sports

Iga Świątek

Footage & Imagery copyright courtesy of Getty Images collections

Footage copyright courtesy of Jukin Media

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