Political
The first African American First Lady. she is both an author and attorney. She worked to end childhood obesity, supported military families as well as starting a program to help adolescent girls access to education around the world.
Michelle Obama
One of America's greatest and most original poet. She has been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. She wrote and published over 1500 poems.
Emily Dickinson
An African American woman known for her civil rights activism and is known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. “The First Lady of Civil Rights”
Rosa Parks
Polish-French physicist and chemist. She won a Nobel prize in Chemistry and majorly contributed to cancer research with her findings of radium.
Marie Curie
Known American Aviator. First woman aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
The second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, and the first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme court. She was a leading voice for gender equality, civil rights and liberties.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Great American poet. Her work brought greater diversity into theater and literature, providing powerful insights to the evolution of Black women in the 20th century.
Maya Angelou
An African American woman who escaped slavery, joined the Underground Railroad to help transport enslaved people (around 70) out of slavery to freedom in the north.
Harriet Tubman
English primatologist and anthropologist. She is considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, after 60 years' studying the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees.
Jane Goodall
Mexican artist and activist. She has become a huge source of inspiration and empowerment for women over the generations. From a young age, she was resilient, strong and took control of her own life. She became a feminist icon through her character, activism, and art.
Frida Kahlo
“The People’s Princess”. She was the president or patron of over 100 charities. She publicized work on behalf of the homeless population, people with disabilities and children.
Princess Diana
American author, disability rights activist, and political activist. Known for losing both her sight and hearing after an illness before she was 2 years old. She was the first person with deaf-blindness to earn a college degree.
Helen Keller
American social reformer and women’s activist. She circulated petitions for married women’s property rights and women’s suffrage. She worked to help bring upon the 13th amendment to the constitution (abolish slavery).
Susan B Anthony
American marine biologist and writer. She worked to advance marine conservation and the global environment movement.
Rachel Carson
Patron Saint of France. She led the French army in a huge victory in 1429 that stop the English attempt to conquer France.
Joan of Arc
The longest reigning female monarch, reigning for 70 years and 214 days. She was involved in many charities, including creating economic opportunities for young people, as well as preserving wildlife and the environment.
Queen Elizabeth II
Author of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Northanger Abbey. Her novels’ plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security. Also wrote her books anonymously to avoid scrutiny from male authors.
Jane Austen
Pakistani female education activist and Nobel Prize winner in 2014. She survived an attempted assassination when she was 15, because she spoke out against the Pakistani prohibition of education for women.
Malala Yousafzai
Lady with the Lamp. A British nurse who is credited with the creation of modern-day nursing. During Crimean War she would tend to the wounded for hours on end. In 1860 she opened the first science-based nursing school in London.
Florence Nightingale
American actress and model. Showed great support for the Civil Rights movement, as well as support of the LGBTQ+ community. Fought to go against the patriach society of the modeling industry.
Marilyn Monroe
The longest serving first lady (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a spokesperson for the United Nations.
Eleanor Roosevelt
She is considered to be the best selling female author of all time. She is known for 66 detective novels, 14 short story collections, and the longest running play, The Mousetrap.
Agatha Christie
American civil rights activist, and wife to Martin Luther King Jr. As the founder of The King Center, and lifelong human rights activist for social change and peace, she is one of the most prominent women leaders of our time.
Coretta Scott King
An English mathematician. She is credited as being the world’s first computer programmer. She worked to revolutionize the technology industry.
Ada Lovelace
American jazz singer: "Queen of Jazz" and "First Lady of Song". She was a child welfare advocate and made donations to disadvantaged youth.
Ella Fitzgerald
Former prime minister of the UK, she was the longest serving British prime minister of the 20th century. She was the first woman to hold that position. She did a lot of work for lower class people in the UK, providing economic opportunity.
Margaret Thatcher
Writer of the novel Frankenstein. She published many of her works anonymously, so readers would not know her novels were written by a woman, as woman authors were viewed poorly in her time.
Mary Shelley
American abolitionist and activist. She was born into slavery, however escaped to freedom in 1826. She fought for African American civil rights, and women's rights.
Sojourner Truth
Russian engineer and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission in June 1963.
Valentina Tereshkova
American modernist painter. By the 1920's she was recognized as one of America's most important and successful artists. She did not follow the major art trends of the times and her career spanned 70 years.
Georgia O'Keeffe