The first woman on the cover was Eda Zahl, shown gathering sea urchins.
September 1964, a U.S. woman at work abroad: Peace Corps volunteer Rhoda Brooks.
Pioneering primatologist Jane Goodall and her chimps were on the December 1965 cover.
January 2017: Avery Jackson, age nine, was the first transgender female on the cover.
March 2018: Astronaut Peggy Whitson holds the U.S. record for days spent in space (665).
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