She was an advocate for human rights and education for women. She was born in Pakistan and speaks three languages.
Malala Yousafzai
Co-founded the United Farm Worker's Union in 1962, which allowed agriculture workers to fight for liveable wages.
Dolores Huerta
She is best known for playing a key role in the success of the Montgomery bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico.
Frida Kahlo
She set a world record for female pilots. She was the first female passenger to cross the Atlantic by airplane.
Amelia Earhart
Wrote poems, stories, and essays on the topic of civil rights. Her most famous work is titled "I know Why the Caged Bird Sings," which was published when she was 17.
Maya Angelou
Former first lady. She held the position of 1st Chair of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Served as a justice on the US Supreme Court for 27 years. She was a key player in the fight for gender equality, protecting Native American Reservations, investing in green energy, and more.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Organized boycotts, worked alongside Malcom X in the fight to desegregate schools, and fought for justice for Japanese peoples that faced imprisonment during WWII.
Yuri Kochiyama
Famous today for her work in freeing slaves through organizing the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
Famous scientist. Published several articles and had eight patents.
Margarita Salas
She discovered two chemical elements Polonium and Radium. She won two Nobel Prizes.
Marie Curie
She is an expert on chimpanzees.
Jane Goodall
The first woman to fly into space on a solo space mission.
Valentina Tereshkova.
She studied medicine. She became a teacher and developed a philosophy of education.
Maria Montessori
She was the first and only female Prime Minister of India.
Indira Gandhi
She published pioneering and feminist books.
Virginia Woolf
Wrote more than 60 detective novels. She was appointed a Dame of the Order of the British Empire for her contribution to literature.
Agatha Christie
Famous for her speech "Ain't I A Woman?"
Sojourner Truth
She dedicated her life to the fight of giving women the right to vote.
Lucretia Mott
She wrote the world's first novel "The Tale of Genji"
Murasaki Shikibu
She led the French army in the Hundred Years' War against the British.
Joan of Arc
Youngest pharaoh of Egypt.
Cleopatra
She published an algorithm that lead to the first computing machine.
Ada Lovelace
First female mathematician.
Hypatia