Famous Firsts
At the 2018 Grammy's, her album "Invasion of Privacy" won the award for "Best Rap Album", making her the first solo female artist ever to win this award.
Who is Cardi B
This legendary American athlete elevated the status of women’s professional tennis beginning in the late 1960s.
Over the course of her career, she won 39 Grand Slam championships, competing in both singles and doubles.
Who is Billie Jean King
Known for her fierce self-portraits featuring her iconic bold unibrow and moustache, this woman's work was an important predecessor to identity politics, and continues to inspire artists today.
Who is Frida Kahlo
She is a global phenomenon whose voice has shaped and influenced policy and individual action on biodiversity protection, community-led conservation, animal welfare, and the climate crisis as well as global humanitarian efforts.
Her global conservation organization implements essential work to grow the understanding and protecting of great apes.
Who is Dr. Jane Goodall
A pioneer of early television, with a career spanning eight decades, she was noted for her vast work in the entertainment industry and being one of the first women to work both in front-of and behind the camera.
She is best known for her comedic work on the hit show "The Golden Girls".
Who is Betty White
On January 20, 2021, this woman was sworn in alongside the 46th U.S. President as the first-ever female Vice President.
Who is Kamala Harris
A pioneer in the women’s suffrage movement in the United States, her work helped pave the way for the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote.
Who is Susan B. Anthony
One of the most influential fashion designers in history, this French businesswoman was the founder and namesake of an iconic brand and was the first designer to introduce pants for women during the 1920s.
Her influence in fashion continues to stay strong even to this day as her house remains one of the biggest names in fashion.
Who is Coco Chanel
Who is Marie Curie
With 28 Grammy Awards on her shelves, she is the most decorated woman in music of all time.
While she is well known for her work as a solo artist, she was also a member of the popular "Destiny's Child".
Who is Beyonce
Nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, she became the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor
This American soccer player became the first international star of the women’s game.
She starred on the U.S. national team that won World Cup championships in 1991 and 1999 and Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2004. She was revered for her all-around skill, competitive spirit, and knack for goal scoring.
Who is Mia Hamm
Born in 1887, she was an American artist who painted nature in new and abstract ways and is best known for her paintings of flowers and desert landscapes.
She played an important part in the development of modern art in America, becoming the first female painter to gain respect in New York's art world in the 1920s.
Who is Georgia O'Keeffe
Born in Los Angeles, this American astronaut and physicist joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman in space.
Who is Sally Ride
This Detroit-area icon was born to be a star. Since her 1983 debut, she has sold more than 300 million albums worldwide, making her the best-selling female artist of all time.
Who is Madonna
Named “The Queen of Soul”, she became the first woman elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 3, 1987
Who is Aretha Franklin
A professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, she is considered to be one of the greatest female athletes ever and is the only woman to win both a UFC and WWE championship. She is also one of the only women to headline a pay-per-view event.
Who is Ronda Rousey
Considered the most influential fashion magazine editor ever, she has had an extremely powerful influence on the fashion industry over time.
She’s championed new designers through the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund and raised millions for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
Who is Anna Wintour
An English chemist, she won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1964 for figuring out the molecular structures of penicillin and vitamin B12.
Who is Dorothy Hodgkin
One of the most influential black musicians in history, this jazz singer broke race and gender barriers in the 1940s.
Having won virtually every award available for singers, she has been dubbed “The First Lady Of Song”.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald
After being cut from the space training program for not having her PhD, she went on to become the first woman to drive in the Indy 500 in 1977
Who is Janet Guthrie
The longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century, she was Europe's first woman prime minister.
She accelerated the evolution of the British economy from statism to liberalism and became, by personality as much as achievement, the most renowned British political leader since Winston Churchill
Who is Margaret Thatcher
The "queen of the polka dot", she was a significant force of the avant-garde art scene in the 1960s and continues to push the boundaries through her art and fashion collaboration with Louis Vuitton.
Who is Yayoi Kusama
A brilliant mathematician during the 1840's, she is referred to as the world's "first computer programmer" and is credited with writing the world’s first machine algorithm for an early computing machine.
Who is Ada Lovelace
Having directed major feature films such as "The Eternals", she made Hollywood history when she became the first woman from an ethnic minority background - and the second woman in general - to win the best director award at the Oscars in 2021.
Who is Chloe Zhao