Women in Science
She discovered radium and polonium, and made a huge contribution to finding treatments for cancer..
Marie Curie
She was a Mexican painter. She was known for her surreal and very personal works.
Frida Kahlo
She wrote songs and books for children. She was Argentinean. She was also a novelist, poet, musician, composer and playwright.
María Elena Walsh
She is an American professional tennis player.
Serena Williams
She fought for the Alto Perú independence.
Juana Azurduy
She wrote the first algorithm that was meant to be processed by a machine.
Ada Lovelace
She was a French fashion designer and businesswoman.
Coco Chanel
She was an English writer of crime stories.
Agatha Christie
She is an Argentine former professional tennis player. She won several championships.
Gabriela Sabatini
She refused to give her seat to a white person in a bus and was arrested. She was an activist.
Rosa Parks
She was an English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist.
Mary Anning
She was a French singer. She sang La Vie en Rose.
Edith Piaf
Her works made her one of the most famous and beloved writers in English literature. She wrote romantic novels.
Jane Austen
She is an Argentine judoka and physician. She won a Gold Medal in the Olympic Games of 2016.
Paula Pareto
She was Jewish. She hid herself and her family in a secret annex during the Second World War. She wrote a diary.
Anne Frank
She was an American computer scientist and United States Navy officer.
Grace Hopper
She was an Argentine film actress, tango dancer and singer.
Tita Merello
She is known for her activism for girls' and women's rights, especially for being allowed to go to school.
Malala Yousafzai
She is an Olympic hammer thrower from Argentina.
Jenny Dalhgren
She was the founder of the kinder garden education system in Argentina.
Rosario Vera Peñaloza
She co-invented the radio signaling device. She was also an actress.
Hedy Lammar
She is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model. She opposed the Vietnam War.
Jane Fonda
She was a very intelligent woman from Latin American. She was a poet.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
She is the captain of the United States women's soccer team.
Megan Rapinoe
She organized in Buenos Aires the first International Female Congress. She was an Argentinean doctor, politician and feminist activist.
Julieta Lanteri