the first woman to drive in the U.S. Presidential motorcade as an Army non-commissioned officer. 1984 Velma Barfield became the first woman in the United States to be executed after the 1976 resumption of capital punishment and the first since 1962. and the first woman executed by lethal injection. Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman in America to run for vice president on a major-party platform. Joan Benoit won the first women's Olympic marathon. Kathryn D. Sullivan was the first American woman to conduct a spacewalk. 1985 Penny Harrington was appointed as Chief of Police in Portland, Oregon, making her the first woman to lead a major-city police department. Libby Riddles was the first woman to win the Iditarod. 1986 Ann Bancroft was the first woman to reach the North Pole by foot and dogsled, "...she became the first known woman to cross the ice to the North Pole." Nancy Lieberman joined the United States Basketball League (USBL), thus becoming the first woman to play in a men's professional basketball league. 1987 Aretha Franklin was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1988 Dr. Lenora Fulani was the first female (and first African-American) presidential candidate to secure ballot access in all 50 states; she also secured the most votes ever gained by a female candidate in a presidential election until 2012. Shawna Robinson was the first woman to win a NASCAR-sanctioned stock car race, winning in the Charlotte/Daytona Dash Series at New Asheville Speedway. 1990s 1990 Jennifer York was the first woman to form a Christian rock band and the first such band that was all-female, Rachel Rachel. 1991 Geraldine Morrow was the first female president of the American Dental Association. Minnesota's Supreme Court became the first woman-majority state supreme court that was appointed and sat for a regular session. 1992 Manon Rhéaume was the first woman to play in a National Hockey League game; although she was Canadian, "She played goalie for the Tampa Bay Lightning..." Mona Van Duyn was the first woman named US poet laureate. 1993 Hazel R. O'Leary became the first woman to serve as Secretary of Energy; she served under President Bill Clinton. Halli Reid was the first woman to swim across Lake Erie, swimming from Long Point, Ontario, to North East, Pennsylvania, in 17 hours. Janet Reno became the first woman to serve as Attorney General; she served under