Women in Entertainment
From Houston, Texas, this singer has won 28 Grammy’s and is best known for being the lead of the group Destiny’s Child.
Beyonce
As the highest paid woman athlete of 2016, this tennis player held the singles rank of #1 by the Women’s Tennis Association for over 300 weeks.
Serena Williams
This Polish-French physicist and chemist conducted pioneering research on radioactivity, and has greatly contributed to finding treatments for cancer.
Marie Curie
Swedish environmental activist, this mighty 19-year-old is challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation.
Greta Thunberg
As the first female vice president of the United States, as well as the first African American and first Asian American vice president, this woman is the highest ranking female official in U.S. history.
Kamala Harris
Originally an Instagram icon and freestyler, this female rapper rose to fame with her hit song WAP.
Megan Thee Stallion
With 32 Olympic and World Champion medals, this 24-year-old American artistic gymnast is tied for the most Olympic Medals won by a gymnast.
Simon Biles
This English mathematician and writer is credited with writing the first computer programme in the world.
Ada Lovelace
After surviving an assassination attempt at only age 15, this Pakistani activist advocated for female education and children’s rights, and became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Malala
Former waitress and bartender from the Bronx, this American politician and activist has served as the U.S. representative for New York's 14th congressional district since 2019.
AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)
Making it big in both Hollywood and Spanish television, this person was the highest-earning woman in U.S. television in 2012.
Sofia Vergara
Former U.S. olympic skier turned business woman, this 4-time World Champion empowers young girls to conquer the world with her charity.
Lindsey Vonn
English statistician and founder of modern-day nursing, this historical figure’s efforts helped make hospitals cleaner and safer for soldiers during the Crimean war.
Florence Nightingale
This African-American activist in the civil rights movement was best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
Rosa Parks
American television personality, inventor, and entrepreneur, this millionaire sits as an investor on the reality investing TV show Shark Tank.
Lori Greiner
This American writer and producer is best known for creating the television shows Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, and Grey’s Anatomy
Shonda Rhimes
This 31 year-old Canadian professional soccer player joined Canada’s Wall of Fame in 2017.
Christine St. Claire
This English chemist and X-ray crystallographer, produced the photograph that helped unravel the mystery of DNA, but received no credit for her role until after her death.
Rosalind Franklin
American aviation pioneer and author, this woman was the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
As the first female Supreme Court Justice in United States history, this woman came to be considered as one of the most powerful women in the world.
Sandra Day O’Connor
This American actress, comedian, author, and television personality, whose real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson, is one of 16 entertainers to win the EGOT (includes winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award)
Whoopi Goldberg
This world-record-holding sprinter paralyzed with polio as a child went on to win 3 gold medals at the 1960 olympic games.
Wilma Rudolph
American scientist and cytogeneticist, this Woman in STEM was awarded a Noble Prize in Medicine for her discovery that genes can be mobile.
Barbara McClintock
Born into slavery in Maryland, this woman escaped to freedom in 1849 and went on to become the most famous “conductor” of the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
English political activist born in 1858, this woman is best remembered for organizing the uK suffragette movement and helping women win the right to vote.
Emmeline Pankhurst