Music
This pop queen released the album “Lemonade” in 2016 and her fanbase is called Beyhive.
Beyonce
This actress played Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games”
Jennifer Lawrence
This British author created the world of Harry Potter.
J.K. Rowling
This gymnast is considered the greatest of all time and has won more World Championship medals than any other gymnast in history.
Simone Biles
Former First Lady, Senator, and Secretary of State became the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party in 2016.
Hillary Clinton
First musician to gross over 1 billion on a single tour.
Taylor Swift
She became the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Monster’s Ball in 2002.
Halle Berry
This poet and author wrote “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, a memoir about growing up as a Black girl in the American South.
Maya Angelou
Tennis superstar has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players ever.
Serena Williams
This scientist was the first woman to win a Novel Prize and the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences - Physics and Chemistry.
Marie Curie
Country music legend from Tennessee, wrote “Jolene”.
Dolly Parton
This actress and producer created and starred in the HBO series “Insecure” (2016-2021)
Issa Rae
This author wrote “The Handmaid’s Tale”, a dystopian novel about a totalitarian society that controls women’s bodies.
Margaret Atwood
U.S. soccer player became famous for scoring the winning penalty kick in the 1999 Women’s World Cup and ripping off her jersey in celebration.
Brandi Chastain
This NASA mathematician’s calculations were critical to the success of the first U.S. crewed spaceflights and was portrayed in the 2016 film “Hidden Figures”.
Katherine Johnson
Icelandic artist, known for her avant-garde style, released the critically acclaimed album “Homogenic” in 1997.
Björk
This legendary actress won back-to-back Best Actress Oscars in 1967 and 1968 for “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “The Lion in Winter”.
Katherine Hepburn
Nobel Prize-winning author wrote “Beloved,” a powerful novel about the trauma of slavery in post-Civil War America.
Toni Morrison
Czech-American tennis player won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and was ranked World No. 1 for a record 332 weeks during the 1980s.
Martina Navratilova
International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on this date and was first observed in 1911.
March 8th
This musician and composer created the Minimoog synthesizer soundtrack for the 1968 film “Switched-On Bach” - was known by a different name at the time of release.
Wendy Carlos
This pioneering female film director became the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director in 2010 for the film “The Hurt Locker”
Kathryn Bigelow
10th century Japanese noblewoman is widely considered the author of “The Tale of Genji” often called the world’s first novel.
Murasaki Shikibu
This athlete was the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon in 1967, despite a race official physically trying to remove her from the course.
Kathrine Switzer
This New Zealand politician made history in 1893 when her country became the first self-governing nation to grant women the right to vote, largely due to her tireless campaigning.
Kate Sheppard