Science
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in Physics, and with her later win, in Chemistry, she became the first person to claim Nobel honors twice.
MARIE CURIE
An Irish artist known for her powerful vocals and her socially conscious lyrics, as well as her outspokenness on a variety of issues. Despite her struggles, she remained active in political and social causes, including her outspoken criticism of the Catholic Church, her support for LGBTQ+ rights, and her advocacy for survivors of abuse.
SINEAD O'CONNOR
She's an Irish-British writer whose fiction, including her ghost stories, demonstrate her interest in ‘life with the lid on and what happens when the lid comes off’.
ELIZABETH BOWEN
She is an American professional tennis player who has held the top spot in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings numerous times over her stellar career.
SERENA WILLIAMS
She hid herself and her family in a secret annex during the Second World War. She was Jewish and she lived in Amsterdam. She is famous for her diary.
ANNA FRANK
She was an Argentine physician, reformer, and prominent Freethinker. She had the added distinction of being the first woman to receive a Medical Degree in Argentina.
CECILIA GRIERSON
She is considered one of Mexico's greatest artists who began painting mostly self-portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident.
FRIDA KAHLO
She was an Argentine poet, novelist, musician, playwright, writer and composer, mainly known for her songs and books for children, who has been considered a "living legend, cultural hero (and) crest of nearly every childhood"
MARÍA ELENA WALSH
She carried the Olympic Flag during the 2020 Olympic Opening Ceremony as a doctor fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic. She retired in 2021.
PAULA PARETO
A peasant girl who, believing that she was acting under divine guidance, led the French army in a momentous victory at Orléans that repulsed an English attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years’ War.
JOAN OF ARC
She was an English writer who became the world's first computer programmer . She wrote the first algorithm that was meant to be processed by a machine.
ADA LOVELACE
She was a prominent Argentine film actress, tango dancer and singer of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960).
TITA MERELLO
She was an English detective novelist and playwright. She wrote some 75 novels, including 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections.
AGATHA CHRISTIE
She is an Argentine former professional tennis player. She was one of the leading players from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, amassing 41 titles and achieving a career-high ranking of 3 in both singles and doubles.
GABRIELA SABATINI
She is known as the “mother of the civil rights movement.” She was an American civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a public bus.
ROSA PARKS
She was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today’s WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems.
HEDY LAMARR
She was a French singer whose expressive interpretations of the chanson, or French ballad, made her internationally famous.
EDITH PIAF
She wrote many books of romantic fiction about the gentry. Her works made her one of the most famous and beloved writers in English literature. She is one of the great masters of the English novel.
JANE AUSTEN
She has a unique style that often includes eye-catching pink or purple hair and is known to strike a unique pose — widespread arms, head tossed back and proud grin — when successful on the field.
MEGAN RAPINOE
She was the founder of the kindergarden education system in Argentina.
ROSARIO VERA PEÑALOZA
She was an English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist who became known around the world for important finds she made in Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel.
MARY ANNING
She was an American singer who created urgent emotional intensity by singing songs of love, protest, and Black empowerment in a dramatic style, with a rough-edged voice.
NINA SIMONE
Poet, dramatist, scholar, and nun, an outstanding writer of the Latin American colonial period and of the Hispanic Baroque.
SOR JUANA INÉS DE LA CRUZ
She is an Argentine hammer thrower. She is a three-time gold medallist at the South American Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.
JENNY DAHLGREN
She organized in Buenos Aires the first International Female Congress. She was an Argentinean doctor, politician and feminist activist.
JULIETA LANTERI