| 1998 | Women's ice hockey teams compete for the first time at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. The U.S.
Women's Hockey Team wins the gold medal. American Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest woman to win an Olympic figure-skating title when she wins the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. The U.S. Senate confirms the appointment of Dr. Jane Henney as the new Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), making her the first woman to head the organization. Organizers announce that a museum with a collection dedicated to the achievements of women will open in Dallas, Tex. in 2000 to be named The Women's Museum. The all-woman music festival Lillith Fair grosses $28.3 million, making it one of the most successful musical tours of the 1998 season. |
| 2000 | Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the U.S. Senate representing New York, becoming the first First Lady to be elected to a political office. |
| 2002 | Halle Berry becomes the first African-American woman to win an Academy Award for best female actress. |
| 2005 | Condoleezza Rice becomes the first African-American female Secretary of State. |
| 2007 | Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) becomes the first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives. |