Breaking Barriers
She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
She won two Nobel Prizes for her research on radioactivity.
Marie Curie
She painted famous self-portraits and works reflecting Mexican culture and identity
Frida Kahlo
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks
This tennis player has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Serena Williams
She became the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981
Sandra Day O'Connor
This mathematician wrote what is considered the first computer algorithm.
Ada Lovelace
This British author wrote the Harry Potter series.
J. K. Rowling
This Pakistani activist won the Nobel Peace Prize at age 17 for advocating girls’ education.
Malala Yousafzai
She was the first female gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics.
Nadia Comaneci
she became the world's first elected female prime minister.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Her X-ray diffraction images were key to discovering the structure of DNA.
Rosalind Franklin
she wrote the classic novel Pride and Prejudice.
Jane Austen
She founded the Missionaries of Charity and became known for helping the poor in India.
Mother Teresa
This soccer player has won multiple FIFA World Player of the Year awards and captained the U.S. team.
Megan Rapinoe
she became the first female Vice President of the United States.
Kamala Harris
This NASA mathematician helped calculate spacecraft trajectories during early space missions
Katherine Johnson
She became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Toni Morrison
This British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 was nicknamed the “Iron Lady.”
Margaret Thatcher
This American swimmer has won more Olympic gold medals than any other female swimmer.
Katie Ledecky
she became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics
Esther Duflo
She developed the first successful treatment for leprosy in the 1940s.
Alice Ball
This American poet wrote the famous poem “Still I Rise.”
Maya Angelou
She co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement in 2013.
Alicia Garza
She became the first Muslim woman to win an Olympic boxing medal.
Nicola Adams