I was curious about the history of that nickname.
The oldest reference I could find is: Gloria Lubkin, 'Chien-Shiung Wu, The First Lady of Physics Research', Smithsonian, Vol. I (January 1971), 52-57.
I am unable to find an online copy of that issue.
There are only a few publications with that phrase before ~2000, and only as citations to the Smithsonian article.
The nickname became popular with the publication of "Wu Jianshong, The First Lady of Physics", a 1996 biography by Caijian Jiang. https://www.worldcat.org/title/wu-jianshong-the-first-lady-o... . It's in Chinese - I believe the citation you give is for an English translation.
For example, in 2000 there was a talk titled 'Wu Chien-Shiung the First Lady of Physics" at the Overseas Chinese Physics Association, see https://books.google.com/books?id=1FRhDQAAQBAJ&lpg=PR7&ots=7... . The speaker borrowed the title from the book.