y ▁Cor i ▁is ▁considered ▁the ▁first ▁American ▁woman ▁to ▁win ▁a ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁in ▁medicine . ▁She ▁had ▁become ▁a ▁U . S . ▁citiz en ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 . ▁ 1 9 8 3 : ▁Barbara ▁McC lin to ck , ▁first ▁woman ▁to ▁win ▁an ▁un shared ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁in ▁Phys i ology ▁or ▁Medicine . ▁ 2 0 0 9 : ▁El in or ▁Ost rom , ▁first ▁woman ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁in ▁Econom ics , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁American ▁woman ▁to ▁do ▁so ; ▁she ▁shared ▁the ▁prize ▁with ▁Oliver ▁E . ▁William son . ▁ ▁Police ▁ ▁Polit ics ▁ ▁Historic ▁first s ▁for ▁women ▁as ▁heads ▁of ▁state ▁or ▁government : ▁ ▁Y ev gen ia ▁Bos ch , ▁Ukrain ian ▁People ' s ▁Republic ▁( 1 9 1 7 – 1 9 1 8 ), ▁sometimes ▁considered ▁the ▁first ▁modern ▁woman ▁leader ▁of ▁a ▁national ▁government . ▁She ▁held ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁Minister ▁of ▁Inter ior ▁and ▁Act ing ▁Le ader ▁of ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Secret ariat ▁of ▁Ukraine , ▁one ▁of ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁compet ing ▁r uling ▁bodies ▁in ▁the ▁Ukrain ian ▁People ' s ▁Republic , ▁the ▁prede cess or ▁of ▁Soviet ▁Ukraine . ▁K her tek ▁An ch ima a - T oka , ▁Tu van ▁People ' s ▁Republic ▁( 1 9 4 0 – 1 9 4 4 ): ▁The ▁first ▁female ▁head ▁of ▁state ▁( Ch air person ▁of ▁the ▁Pres id