Science/Innovation
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences
Maria Curie
Activist the co-founded and presided over the National Woman Suffrage Association
Susan B Anthony
Wrote The Feminine Mystique and coined the term 'the problem that has no name'
Betty Friedan
Most decorated gymnastics athlete
Simone Biles
World's youngest Nobel Peace Price laureate for her work in education of women and children
Malala Yousafzai
The first woman in space
Sally Ride
Soldier that fought in the American Revolutionary War disguised as a man
Deborah Sampson
'Hope is the thing with feathers' is one of the most well-known poems by which renowned writer
Emily Dickinson
First African American prima ballerina
Janet Collins
First woman to co-anchor a news show
Barbara Walters
Used x-rays to discover the structure of DNA
Rosalind Franklin
Sandra Day O'Connor
Wrote Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and Emma
Jane Austen
First Chinese American to win an Olympic gold medal in freestyle skiing
Eileen Gu
First woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Aretha Franklin
Developed software for the Apollo 11 mission
Margaret Hamilton
First female US Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright
First African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature
Toni Morrison
First and only tennis player to achieve a Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles
Serena Williams
Founder of modern nursing and helped further army medical services
Florence Nightingale
First women in the US to receive a medical degree
Elizabeth Blackwell
First African American woman to be elected to US Congress
Shirley Chisholm
Wrote the classic gothic novel, Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Figure skater that became the first American woman to land a triple axel in 1991
Tonya Harding
Singer that won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year most often (3 times)
Taylor Swift