Anna Atkins is an English botanist and photographer. She was the first person to publish a book of photography and paved the way for the future of photographs in printed media. It is most likely she is the fist women to take photographs. As someone who loves both photography and botany, I admire her work. I think her images have a beautiful, simple, timeless aesthetic quality.
Sources:
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.136477.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anna-Atkins
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/285421