You obviously forgot about the pioneers to the West, they were just in it for themselves too.
In fact, most pioneers are in it for themselves.
She was going to stake a claim or farm somewhere?
No. She wants to be famous.
1. inventor or innovator: a person or group that is the first to do something or that leads in developing something new
Nope
2. first person to explore territory: a person who is one of the first from another country or region to explore or settle a new area
Nope
3. soldier who builds things: a foot soldier whose duties include going ahead of the main company to construct things to pave the way for them
Nope
4. first species to grow somewhere: the first species of plant or animal life to begin living in a previously unoccupied site, e.g. a moss beginning to grow on otherwise bare rock
Nope