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Moses married Tzipporah, a Midianite woman (the daughter of Jethro, a Midianite priest). Before the time of Moses, it's very hard to call someone Jewish because tradition holds that Jewish law came into existence when Moses went up Mount Siani. So, Tzipporah is one obvious candidate for the first women to convert.

Another early candidate would be Rehab, the harlot of Jericho. Rehab helped Joshua spy out the town, and post-biblical Jewish tradition holds that Rehab converted and married Joshua after the fall of Jericho.

But I wonder if you're thinking of Ruth, who was almost certainly not the first woman to convert, but who is viewed as the prototypical female convert.

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