Women in Leadership
The first female Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
As the "mother of the Civil Rights movement," she stood up for herself and what she believed in - she became one of the most notable figures of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950's.
Who is Rosa Parks?
She changed the course of English literature with her social commentary books in the 1800's.
Who is Jane Austen?
Popular in the mid-1990's to 2000's, she is the most decorated figure skater in American history.
Who is Michelle Kwan?
This woman became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person in the world to win two – one in Physics and one in Chemistry.
Who is Marie Curie?
The first Jewish woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court, standing up for gender equality and civil rights.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
She was the first in her family to be born free from slavery, and was a successful entrepreneur thanks to her cosmetics empire.
Who is Sarah Breedlove (or Madam C.J. Walker)?
She retired in September 2022 as one of the best players to ever play tennis, with 23 Grand Slam titles and four Olympic gold medals.
Who is Serena Williams?
The first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The first American woman to travel to space in 1983.
Who is Sally Ride?
The first Black woman to become a billionaire, and is also an esteemed philanthropist and political activist.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
She dedicated her life to helping the poor and serving the Roman Catholic Church (a heavily male-dominated institution) in some of the world’s poorest places previously unknown to many.
Growing up near Houston, TX, she became the most decorated gymnast in World Championship history, also winning 11 total medals at the Olympics (2016, 2020 and 2024).
Who is Simone Biles?
The longest-reigning British monarch for over 70 years.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
The first female to earn a medical degree in the United States in 1849.
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
From 1850 to 1860, she led slaves to safety via the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company in 1972.
Who is Katharine Graham?
In 1938, she was the first woman to play in a PGA event (golf).
Who is Babe Didrikson Zaharias?
This First Lady advocated for mental health awareness and caregiver support while in the White House.
Who is Rosalynn Carter?
She discovered the structure of DNA using X-ray crystallography images.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only school in Louisiana during the desegregation crisis.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
The first woman to own a major media studio, called Desilu Productions.
Who is Lucille Ball?
She is considered the "female Jackie Robinson," as she was the first woman to play big-league professional baseball.
Who is Toni Stone?