This flying ace was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932, but disappeared while trying to circumvent the Earth in 1937.
Who is Amelia Earhart
Not only is she the first female Vice President of the United States, but she is also the first African-American and Asian-American to hold that position.
Who is Kamala Harris
This former-slave became an important abolitionist, running missions through the Underground Railroad to rescue people from slavery.
Who is Harriet Tubman
One of the most well-known Mexican artists, she painted many portraits and works inspired by her home country.
Who is Frida Kahlo
This pop artist is one of the world's best selling recording artists and is the most nominated woman at the Grammy Awards, and has the second-most wins with 24.
Who is Beyoncé
This American professional tennis player was the world #1 in women's single tennis. She has 23 Grand Slam titles, the second-most of all time.
Who is Serena Williams
This scientist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (and only woman to win it twice) for her ground-breaking research on radioactivity.
Who is Marie Curie
The first Jewish woman and only the second woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, she was a prominent legal voice for over 27 years.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This "First Lady of civil rights" was a prominent civil rights activist who is best known for her role in the Montgomery bus boycott and civil disobedience.
Who is Rosa Parks
An American artist and "Mother of American modernism", she is know for her paintings of enlarged flowers.
Who is Georgia O'Keeffe
This English pop group comprised of 5 women were extremely popular in the 90s and are the best-selling girl group of all time.
Who are the Spice Girls
An American actress and former professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and judoka. She is best known for her time in UFC and WWE, and is the only woman to win both.
Who is Ronda Rousey
This Lemhi Shoshone woman helped Lewis and Clark in exploring and mapping out the newly-acquired Louisiana Territory for President Jefferson.
Who is Sacagawea
She is the Chancellor of Germany and is considered the most powerful and influential female leader in Europe and the world.
Who is Angela Merkel
A very active First Lady, she also served as US Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly. She championed women's, civil, and human rights.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt
This American painter spent most of her adult life in France, becoming a prominent Impressionist and a close friend of Edgar Degas. She painted the private lives of women.
Who is Mary Cassatt
Known as the "Queen of Pop", she is singlehandedly the best-selling female recording artist of all time with songs such as Like a Virgin and Material Girl.
Who is Madonna
An American artistic gymnast who has a combined total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals, making her the most decorated American gymnast.
Who is Simone Biles
The world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, this English woman has studied their behavior for 60 years.
Who is Jane Goodall
This woman was the first female and longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century, serving from 1979 to 1990, she was known as the "Iron Lady".
Who is Margaret Thatcher
This woman's and civil rights activist played a major role in woman's suffrage, so much so that the Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote was named after her.
Who is Susan B. Anthony
This Swedish artist and mystic was one of the earliest painters of abstract art inspired by theosophy and spiritual ideas, you can see her work at the Guggenheim today.
Who is Hilma af Klint
As an R&B singer and civil rights activist, the "Queen of Soul" became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and won 18 Grammy Awards.
Who is Aretha Franklin
This professional soccer player plays on the US national team as a winger and was named Best FIFA Women's player in 2019 when the US women's national team won the World Cup in France.
Who is Megan Rapinoe
On June 18, 1983, she became the first American woman to fly in space.
Who is Sally Ride
Nominated by President Barack Obama, she is the first Latina on the US Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor
She was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is Coretta Scott King
A Japanese avant-garde artist best known for her use of polka dots and electric colors. She was a significant force of the avant-garde art scene in the 1960s.
Who is Yayoi Kusama
A Cuban singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. She became known internationally as the "Queen of Salsa" or "The Queen of Latin Music" due to her contributions to Latin music in the United States.
Who is Celia Cruz
An American professional tennis player who won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. Famously won a "Battle of the Sexes" match against Bobby Riggs in 1973.
Who is Billie Jean King