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This musician's stage name comes from the band, Queen, and their hit song, “Radio Ga Ga”. She is known for her edgy, and theatrical performances that are meant to spark conversation, and further advocacy of social justice.
Who is Lady GaGa
This athlete is an Olympic Tennis player with 4 gold medals who is an advocate for anti-discrimination towards women of color, and women who are pregnant amongst Olympic tournaments.
Who is Serena Williams
This author is best known for her novels and writing that go over social expectations, romance, and women’s expectations and roles within society in the 1800s
Who is Jane Austen
This activist was a transgender trailblazer during the Stonewall Uprising of 1969, where she fought against police harassment and discrimination at the Stonewall Inn. She was an outspoken activists for gay and transgender rights, an AIDS activist, and worked with ACT UP to raise awareness to fight the epidemic
Who is Marsha P Johnson
This woman has authored or coauthored 26 research reports during her career at NASA. She was a gifted mathematician who excelled in studies, and was a pioneer worker at NASA. Her calculations were important for events such as the Apollo Moon landing, and the Space Shuttle program.
Who is Katherine Johnson
This musician is best known for her drag inspired performances, activism for the queer and trans communities, and her hit song, “Pink Pony Club”
Who is Chappell Roan
This athlete is an artistic gymnast that has won 11 Olympic medals, and 30 world champion medals.
Who is Simone Biles
This artist from Mexico is best known for her outstanding self-portraits that deal with themes of self-identity, the human body, and death. She used her style of folk art to speak on issues of gender, class, race, and postcolonialism
Who is Frida Kahlo
This activist is known for her fight for girls’ education in Pakistan. She survived an assassination by the Taliban in 2012 at just 15, at 17 became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and she co-founded a fund that is a non-profit organization to ensure all girls have access to education
Who is Malala Yousafzai
This woman is known for her work at EpiBone, where she is a co-founder and CEO. It is a biotech company that grows bone and cartilage for skeletal reconstruction. Under her leadership, she has raised millions from investor funding and conducted the first human implantation of bones grown from stem cells
Who is Nina Tandon
This musician is known for her energetic rap and R&B music, her activism for the bisexual community, and recently just became the 3rd woman to win a Grammy for best rap album
Who is Doechii
This athlete is an advocate for body positivity, a bronze medalist in rugby, and placed 2nd place in season 33 of dancing with the stars
Who is Ilona Maher
This woman is best known for her essays and poems highlighting the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and class. She helped co-find the Kitchen Table, which was the first U.S. publisher for women of color, and is best known for her poem A Litany for Survival
Audre Lorde
This activist is known for her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and being a part of the Black Panther Party, and the Communist Party. She worked as a leading voice in dismantling the prison system and addressing the systemic racism that it is built on
Who is Angela Davis
This woman is known for discovering artemisinin, which was a compound taken from traditional Chinese Medicines, that was revolutionized as a treatment for Malaria. Because of her discovery, Artemisinin is considered the most effective drug for malaria and has saved millions of lives. She won the Nobel Prize in Physiology
Who is Tu Youyou
This musician is known for being a transgender trailblazer in the R&B genre. She was a prominent figure in Toronto's music scene in the 1960s, and best known for her song “Any other way”
Who is Jackie Shane
This athlete was the first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA Division 1 national championship. She won the women’s 500 yard freestyle event in 2022, then unfortunately was barred from competing in women’s events
Who is Lia Thomas
This woman was the first Black woman, and youngest woman, to win the New York Critics Circle Award in 1959 for her Broadway play, A Raisin in the Sun.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry
This activist was an advocate for transgender rights, speaking out against the exclusion of trans people from the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act in NY. She helped co-find Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), which was an organization that provided shelter, support, and resources for unhoused QTPOC youth
Who is Sylvia Rivera
This woman was the first to win a Nobel Prize, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in 2 different scientific fields, physics and chemistry. She discovered polonium and radium, which when helped change and develop radiation in medicine and the understanding of radioactivity. Her findings helped develop mobile X-Rays for field hospitals during world war 1 which helped save lives during this time
Who is Marie Curie
This musician is known as one of the greatest jazz singers from the 1930s to the '50s. Her most known songs are “Strange Fruit” and “I’ll be seeing you”
Who is Billie Holiday
This athlete was the first Transgender athlete to compete in sports in the 1970s. She fought for transgender activism and inclusion in sports, and was a part of the Women’s Tennis Association tour in 1977.
Who is Renee Richards
This artist is most known for her unique style of art of using extensive polka dots. She uses her art as a piece of creative expression to explore the themes of infinity, self-obliteration, and interconnectedness of the universe
Who is Yayoi Kusama
This activist was an open lesbian separatist and radical feminist. She worked alongside Harvey Milk to defeat Proposition 6, aka the Briggs Initiative, and she was able to successfully win a debate with John Briggs on TV where she challenged his ideology. She was also one of the first professors to teach Women’s and Gender studies at San Francisco State University
Who is Sally Gearhart
This woman is known as one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire. She developed the first hair care line for Black women, and she called this the “Walker System”. She became a pioneer in entrepreneurship in the cosmetic industry. She was also a philanthropist who worked with the NAACP, the Black YMCA, and scholarships for women at Tuskegee Institute.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker