Objects of the class “Pauline Kael”

A woman who’s arguably the top person ever in a male-dominated field.

Steve Sailer introduced the category and entered Pauline Kael (top film critic) as its inaugural member. I followed up with Alice Waters (top chef/restaurateur), Mata Hari (top spy), Agatha Christie (top mystery writer), and Helen Keller (top person who overcame a disability; sorry, Stevie Wonder, you didn’t make the cut).

We can distinguish this from objects of the class “Amelia Earhart”: a woman who’s famous for being a woman in a male-dominated field. There are lots of examples of this category, for example Danica Patrick.

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P.S. Some other good ones from that thread:

Queen Elizabeth 1 (tops in the “English monarchs” category)

Margaret Mead (anthropologists)

We also discussed some other candidates, including Marie Curie, Margaret Thatcher, Mary Baker Eddy, Ellen Willis, and my personal favorite on this list, Caitlin Jenner (best decathlete of all time).

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