I'm probably wrong, and if I am, apologies.

But I don't know if this is the FIRST crew to fall into this gender/race demographic.

I believe it may have happened at a particular B-1900/EMB120 operator YEARS ago, on the B-1900 if I remember correctly. Whether or not that was the FIRST occurrence or not, I don't know.

But I don't think the people behind this article can make the claim.