Washington Area Women's Foundation Women's History Month Q&A – March 28, 2013 By Shae Harris March 28, 2013 1 Comment Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Q: Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize? A: Edith Wharton for her fiction novel “The Age of Innocence.”