20 Female Firsts: Janet Yellen and Other Groundbreaking American Women

20 Female Firsts: Janet Yellen and Other Groundbreaking American Women

The Fiscal Times Staff  // 

Kathryn Bigelow

Bigelow, director of great action potboilers like Point Break and K-9: The Widowmaker beat ex-husband James Cameron at the 2009 Academy Awards to become the first woman to win the Best Director Oscar for The Hurt Locker.

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