First Women to Break Barriers
First American woman in space
Sally Ride
First woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win in two different sciences
Marie Curie
Refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama
Rosa Parks
Poet known for " I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?"
Maya Angelou
Education activist and youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner
MalalaYousafzai
First female Vice President of the United States
Kamala Harris
Her research helped reveal the structure of DNA
Rosalind Franklin
Escaped Slavery and led others to freedom through the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Mexican painter famous for her self-portraits
Frida Kahlo
Climate activist who inspired a global youth movement
Greta Thurnberg
First woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
Famous for studying chimpanzees in Tanzania
Jane Goodall
Abolitionist known for her speech "Ain't I a Woman?"
Sojourner Truth
Nobel Prize-winning author of "Beloved"
Toni Morrison
Supreme Court Justice and advocate for gender equality
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Amelia Earhart
Discovered artemisinin, a treatment for malaria
Tu Youyou
Labor leader who co-founded the United Farm Workers
Delores Huerta
Influential singer and "Crazy in LOVE" singer
Beyonce
Media Leader and Philanthropist who hosted the most popular Daytime TV talk show
Oprah Winfrey
First black woman elected to the U.S. Congress
Shirley Chisholm
NASA mathematician whose calculations helped send astronauts to the moon
Katherine Johnson
Voting rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights movement.
Fannie Lou Hamer
One of the most successful singer-songwriters in Music history known for her "Eras tour"
Taylor Swift
First Lady who championed human rights worldwide
Eleanor Roosevelt