Politics and Public Service
In what year did Kamala Harris become the first female Vice President of the United States?
2021
What company did Sara Blakely found, becoming the youngest self-made female billionaire?
Spanx
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize—and remains the only person to win in two different sciences?
Marie Curie
What U.S. Supreme Court Justice became a cultural icon known by the nickname “Notorious RBG”?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
What global media mogul built an empire around her talk show and philanthropy?
Oprah Winfrey
Who was the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Margaret Thatcher
Who was the first woman to become CEO of a Fortune 500 company?
Katharine Graham
What NASA mathematician, whose calculations were critical to the Apollo missions, was portrayed in Hidden Figures?
Katherine Johnson
Who was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada?
Bertha Wilson
Who became the first female editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine in 1988?
Anna Wintour
What groundbreaking position did Michaëlle Jean hold in Canada from 2005 to 2010?
Governor General of Canada
As of 2024, who is the CEO of General Motors, and one of the most powerful women in business?
Mary Barra
What is the name of the female scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA but was not awarded the Nobel Prize?
Rosalind Franklin
Who co-founded the Malala Fund to advocate for girls’ education worldwide?
Malala Yousafzai
What singer-songwriter became the youngest person ever to win Album of the Year at the Grammys—twice?
Taylor Swift
Who became the youngest woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress in 2018?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Who was the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Christine Lagarde
In 2019, which computer scientist led the team that captured the first image of a black hole?
Dr. Katie Bouman
Who was the first Black woman to serve as Attorney General of the United States?
Loretta Lynch
Who founded the #MeToo movement?
Tarana Burke
Who was the first female finance minister of Canada?
Chrystia Freeland
In 2023, which Canadian woman became CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada’s Investor & Treasury Services?
Christine Morris
Who founded Biocon, one of India’s largest biopharmaceutical companies?
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
What Canadian lawyer and activist was instrumental in developing Section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (equality rights)?
Mary Eberts
Who was the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Director?
Kathryn Bigelow