Inventors
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in Physics, and with her later win, in Chemistry, she became the first person to claim Nobel honors twice.
MARIE CURIE
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter she made a splash in the country music world in 2006 and has gone on to become one of the top acts in popular music.
TAYLOR SWIFT
EGOT Status!
The first black women to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony!
Whoopi Goldberg
She is an American professional tennis player holding 23 major women's singles titles; second most titles of all time and the most of the Open Era!"
SERENA WILLIAMS
This technologist, computer scientist, and entrepreneur had an integral role in creating the animal tools that make “GIF’s” possible!
Lisa Gelobter
She is credited with the foundational patent for the ironing board
Sarah Boone
This artist has 19 #1 Hits on the Billboard top 100! The most out of any female and single artist!
Mariah Carey
The first black women to win an Oscar
Hattie McDaniel
This gymnast has 7 Olympic Gold medals and 11 overall!
Simone Biles
This persons research significantly contributed to the creation of fiber optic cables, call waiting, caller ID, and touch-tone telephones!
Dr. Shirley Jackson
3-D
In the late ’70s, she discovered that concave mirrors can create the illusion of 3D images and figured out how to translate her discovery into projected 3D images that would feel like they were jumping out of the screen!
Valerie Thomas
With 35 awards this artist holds the most Grammy awards in History!
Beyonce
The first Black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
The first American to win consecutive let alone gold medals in boxing at the Olympics!
Claressa Shields
Her patent of the web based application LinkLine, an employee complaints automation; made her the first African American woman to hold a patent for a software invention.
Janet E. Bashen
One of the first African-American ophthalmologists and inventor of the modern laser cataract surgery
Dr. Patricia Bath
She was a French singer whose expressive interpretations of the chanson, or French ballad, made her internationally famous.
EDITH PIAF
She was the first black woman to host her own television Show
Hazel Scott
The first player in history to dunk during a WNBA game!
Lisa Leslie
She was an English writer who became the world's first computer programmer . She wrote the first algorithm that was meant to be processed by a machine.
ADA LOVELACE
Her voice over internet Protocols (VoIP) that converted voice data into digital signals that can be easily transmitted over the internet rather than using traditional phone line inventions laid the groundwork for digital network and teleconferencing abilities we have today.
Marian Croak
The first and only black artist to ever win both a Best New Artist and Album of the Year Grammy in the same year!
Lauryn Hill
A 6 time winner!
She holds the record for most performance-based Tony Awards ever and is the only actor to win in all 4 major categories of best actress in a play, best supporting actress in a play, best actress in a musical, and best supporting actress in a musical!
Audra McDonald
She carried the Olympic Flag during the 2020 Olympic Opening Ceremony as a doctor fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic. She retired in 2021.
PAULA PARETO
At 19 years old, she created the "soccket" an energy-generating soccer ball that produces kinetic energy during when in play that can be used to power several devices during a blackout.
Jessica O. Matthews