Iconic
Celebrity
Historical Figures
Breaking Barriers
Winning Women
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The iconic actress won an Academy Award for “Roman Holiday” and inspired timeless fashion trends, leaving a lasting impact on Hollywood and humanitarian causes
Audrey Hepburn
100
In 2020 she was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, making her one of only 36 African American women to be inducted.
Whitney Houston
100
This hugely influential American socialite and philanthropist founded the first orphanage in NYC and dedicated her life to children in need. She was also married to a well-known Founding Father and was more recently portrayed in the musical, "Hamilton"
Elizabeth (Eliza) Schuyler Hamilton
100
After escaping slavery in 1849, she guided many slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad and became the first woman to lead an armed assault in the Civil War
Harriet Tubman
100
This athlete set a new American record for the most gold medals won in gymnastics at a single Olympics Games AND advocates for mental health
Simone Biles
200
This woman worked alongside Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford during the birth of the supermodel era in the 1990s. She is also credited as a trailblazer for black models, as she was the only black woman in this elite group of models.
Naomi Campbell 
200
Alongside Oprah Winfrey, this comedienne and actress made her first-ever acting debut in the film The Color Purple. She is known today for co-hosting a daytime talk show.
Whoopi Goldberg
200
This scientist is known for her discovery of polonium and radium. She also championed the use of radiation in medicine and fundamentally changed our understanding of radioactivity
Marie Curie
200
She is the first Black woman of color to be elected to the US Congress, the first woman to run for presidential nomination AND has won the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The QUEEN Shirley Chisholm
200
She is the third woman of all time to win the Grammy in 2025 for Best Rap Album, following a legacy of talented artists like Lauryn Hill and Cardi B.
Doechii
300
This former first lady is also an accomplished attorney and author. She has won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album. This icon continues to advocate for working women and educational opportunities for all
Michelle Obama
300
This icon won her first Oscar for her performance as Mary Poppins in the 1965 film.
Julie Andrews
300
She is a Pakistani student who became famous for writing an anonymous diary about life under the Taliban. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate and continues to advocate for female education.
Malala Yousafzai
300
Known as the First Lady of Civil Rights, this activist fought against segregation her entire life. Her actions on a bus in Montgomery are hailed as the catalyst for the city’s segregation legislation being overturned by the Supreme Court.
Rosa Parks
300
This athlete is considered the greatest women's tennis player of all time, and perhaps the greatest athlete of all time
Serena Williams
400
This author and poet recited her most famous poem, "On the Pulse of Morning", at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993. She is also the author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Maya Angelou
400
Known for her time as the Princess as Wales, she was also a lifelong advocate for children, AIDS-related causes, and the victims of landmines
Princess Diana
400
The movie Hidden Figures was based on this mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights
Katherine Johnson
400
This celebrated diarist described everyday life from her family’s hiding place in an Amsterdam attic before they were eventually arrested and transported to concentration camps. She died in 1945, not knowing her writing would be published two years later and profoundly impact future generations’ understanding of the Holocaust.
Anne Frank
400
She is a decorated track and field Olympian who was dropped by Nike when she became pregnant telling her to "know her place and just run". She RAN with the opportunity to start fresh, setting a world record and earning another gold medal post-pregnancy. Today she continues to advocate for mothers in athletics and created her own athletics line.
Allyson Felix
500
This Mexican artist was best known for her uncompromising and brilliantly colored self-portraits that deal with such themes such as identity, the human body, and death. She is also known for her advocacy of disabled persons and artists
Frida Kahlo
500
This female was known as the Queen of Soul and was the first woman ever to be elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Aretha Franklin
500
She was a pioneer in journalism as well as an educator and civil rights activist. She was a co-founder of the NAACP and one of the original participants in the women's suffrage movement.
More recently, she was portrayed in the musical "SUFFS"
Ida B. Wells
500
She is the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court and is known for her tireless fight for women's rights and gender equality.
Known also for her quote "I Dissent"
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
500
She is a former American tennis champion, advocating for gender equality and social justice. She was the first female athlete to appear in Sports Illustrated. Most recently, this person won the Congressional Medal of Freedom for her groundbreaking leadership in advancing rights of women in athletics.
Billie Jean King
