At age 55, Taylor has watched the evolution of female superstars from Wilma Rudolph to Joyner-Kersee and now Jones.

It was hard to forget that the last rising female political superstar from New York was also derailed by accusations about her husband, an Italian businessman.

ASK anyone who runs a New York modeling agency what generates buzz, and the answer is definitive: female superstars.

In professional wrestling, female superstar of the 1950s Mae Young modelled her in-ring look on the various pin-up girls of the time.

But unlike a male phenom, a female superstar has another ladder to climb.

Oakley then became the first American female superstar.

Unlike most of urban music's female superstars, Missy writes her own songs as well as performs them...

New York, which gave us a generation of female political superstars, has turned into the hellmouth of women in politics.

Oakley's amazing talent and timely rise to fame led to a starring role in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, which propelled her to become the first American female superstar.

The first American female superstar, Annie Oakley, was a sharpshooter who toured the country starting in 1885, performing in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.