Great minds
This Polish woman was a scientist and discovered radium. She studied in France.
Marie Curie
She loved flying. She crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
She was a fashion designer who popularised trousers, making them a key piece in women's wardrobes, and also for helping to liberate women from the tyranny of the corset.
Coco Chanel
She is an activist for girls' right to education. She won the Peace Nobel Prize.
Malala Yousafzai
She was the first computer programmer in history.
Ada Lovelace
She was in a bus and she didn't leave the seat. She was an African American woman.
Rosa Parks
She was an English nurse. She helped create the modern techniques of nursing.
Florence Nightingale
She's the first woman in space. She's Russian.
Valentina Tereshkova
She is considered the first great Latin American poet and one of the most important Hispanic literary figures. She was persecuted for being an intellectual and a woman, a nun, and a writer.
Sóror Juana Inés de la Cruz
She was the first female paleontologist. She discovered many dinosaurs.
Mary Anning
Through her art, this Mexican painter exposed her physical and mental suffering, but also paved the way for female empowerment.
Frida Kahlo
She was a leading political figure in her native country as first lady and used her position to fight for women's suffrage and improving the lives of the poor.
Eva Perón
She was a Portuguese noble lady. She married when she was 16 then came to Brazil with her husband. During her husband's travel back to Lisbon, she took over the government of the Hereditary Captaincy of Pernambuco, thus becoming the first woman to be a governor in all of the Americas.
Brites (Beatriz) de Albuquerque
She was Zumbi's companion in love and war, and fought bravely against oppression of the black people in colonial Brazil.
Dandara dos Palmares
She was a famous dancer and singer, and she fought for equality in the United States, refusing to perform in segregated theaters. She was the first African American woman to star in a motion picture for her role in the French film 'Zouzou'.
Josephine Baker
She was the first woman to be part of the Brazilian Army, considered the heroine of Independence.
Maria Quitéria de Jesus
She was a mystery writer who was one of the world's top-selling authors with works like 'Murder on the Orient Express'. Educated at home by her mother, who encouraged her to write, she was also a renowned playwright. She was made a 'dame' by Queen Elisabeth II in 1971.
Agatha Christie
She was born in Paraná em 1908. In 1936, fluent in Portuguese, German, English and French, she started working as an Itamaraty employee in Hamburg. There she helped countless Jews to flee Nazism, becoming known as the “Angel of Hamburg”.
Aracy Guimarães Rosa
She was the last Egyptian pharaoh who is known for her seductive nature. She was also a shrewd and powerful ruler, being the head of an empire that included Egypt, Cyprus, part of modern-day Libya and other territories in the Middle East.
Cleopatra
She is a Swedish environmental activist who is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation.
Greta Thunberg