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EGOT Winners
100
This artist was known for her self-portraits and depiction of Mexican folk culture
Frida Kahlo
100
She is a Pakistani human rights activist who has spent years championing equal access to education
Malala Yousafzai
100
The 19th amendment to the Constitution passes, giving women the right to vote.
1920
100
She was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women’s Tennis Association for 319 weeks, including a joint-record 186 consecutive weeks
Serena Williams
100
Emmy: Daytime Emmy, best interactive media, Baba Yaga (2021)
Grammy: Best R&B album (2009); best musical theater album, The Color Purple (2017)
Oscar: Best supporting actress, Dream Girls (2007)
Tony: Best musical, A Strange Loop (2022)
Jennifer Hudson
200
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun is known for this style of painting, seen here in her Self portrait in a straw hat 
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was the court painter of Queen Marie Antoinette known for working in both Neoclassicist and Rococo styles.
200
At nearly 30 years old, she was hired by William Lloyd Garrison to deliver abolitionist speeches for the American Anti-Slavery Society and in 1850, organized the first National Women’s Rights Convention in Massachusetts.
Lucy Stone
200
In a letter to her husband, Abigail Adams makes a plea to him and the Continental Congress to “remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could."
1776
200
She is the current WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion in her first reign with Shayna Baszler and is also the eighth Women’s Triple Crown Champion.
Ronda Rousey
200
Emmy: Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel as host (2002); outstanding talk show host, The View (2009)
Grammy: Best comedy recording (1985)
Oscar: Best actress in a supporting role – Ghost (1990)
Tony: Best musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002)
Whoopi Goldberg
300
Nōguchi Shōhin was a famous and successful painter from this country 
Japan
300
One of the leading voices for climate activism in the world today and has been fighting for climate justice since she was just 15 years old.
Greta Thunberg
300
The declaration of sentiments is signed
1848
300
From 1997 to 2005, she was the U.S. Figure Skating Association’s top-paid skater in appearance fees and prize money, as well as one of the highest-paid Winter Olympic athletes in endorsements.
Michelle Kwan
300
Emmy: Outstanding individual achievement, informational programming, Gardens of the World (1993)
Grammy: Best spoken word album for children (1994)
Oscar: Best actress in a leading role, Roman Holiday (1953)
Tony: Special Tony Award (1968)
Audrey Hepburn
400
One of the most significant artists of the 20th century, she is particularly well known for her paintings of enlarged flowers.
Georgia O’Keeffe
400
She was hired as the first African-American woman to work as a streetcar conductor in San Francisco and, in 1969, published her autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”
Maya Angelou
400
Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the United States.
1916
400
She is regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer with the most wins to her name.
Annika Sörenstam
400
Emmy: Best actress, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, for the episode “Not a Chance” (1953)
Grammy: Best spoken-word recording, Great American Documents (1977)
Oscar: Best actress in a leading role, The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1932); best actress in a supporting role, Airport (1970)
Tony: Best actress, dramatic, Happy Birthday (1947); best actress, dramatic, Time Remembered (1958)
Helen Hayes
500
She had a leading role in the British Black Arts Movement of the 1980s as an artist and as a curator and won the Turner Prize in 2017.
Lubaina Himid
500
She created New York Magazine in 1968 and in 1972, joined forces with Betty Friedan, Bella Abzug, and Shirley Chisholm to form the National Women’s Political Caucus.
Gloria Steinem
500
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman, and second pilot ever (Charles Lindbergh was first), to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic.
1932
500
She was the face of the Women’s United Soccer Association, the first professional women’s soccer league in the United States, where she played for the Washington Freedom from 2001 to 2003.
Mia Hamm
500
Emmy: Outstanding continuing or single performance by a supporting actress in variety or music, The Muppet Show (1977)
Grammy: Best recording for children, The Electric Company (1972)
Oscar: Best actress in a supporting role, West Side Story (1961)
Tony: Best featured or supporting actress in a play, The Ritz (1975)
Rita Moreno