Herstory in the Making
She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Dubbed the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll," this powerhouse singer was known for hits like Proud Mary and What's Love Got to Do with It.
Who is Tina Turner?
She won an Oscar for her role as Rose in Titanic, but first captured hearts in Sense and Sensibility and Heavenly Creatures.
Who is Kate Winslet?
This poet famously read “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
This Pakistani activist survived an attack by the Taliban and became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
In 1920, this American suffragist’s work helped lead to the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
This Fleetwood Mac frontwoman cast a spell on audiences with her mystical stage presence and songs like Rhiannon and Landslide.
Who is Stevie Nicks?
She broke barriers as the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her role in Monster’s Ball (2002).
Who is Halle Berry?
Her searing novel The Color Purple earned a Pulitzer Prize and explored the lives of Black women in the American South.
Who is Alice Walker?
She co-discovered the structure of DNA through X-ray crystallography but was left out of the 1962 Nobel Prize.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This trailblazing guitarist and singer led The Runaways and had solo hits like I Love Rock 'n Roll.
Who is Joan Jett?
This Mexican-born actress and producer portrayed painter Frida Kahlo in a 2002 biopic, earning her an Oscar nomination.
Who is Salma Hayek?
Her dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale became a cultural touchstone and a hit TV series.
Who is Margaret Atwood?
This pioneering physicist and chemist won Nobel Prizes in both Physics and Chemistry for her work on radioactivity.
Who is Marie Curie?
This feminist icon co-founded Ms. Magazine in 1972 and became one of the most visible leaders of the women’s liberation movement.
Who is Gloria Steinem?
This powerhouse vocalist became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
She played a ruthless fashion editor in The Devil Wears Prada and also portrayed Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.
Who is Meryl Streep?
Born in Iran, this author chronicled life under the Islamic Revolution in her graphic memoir Persepolis.
Who is Marjane Satrapi?
This Guatemalan Indigenous activist won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her work advocating for Indigenous rights and social justice in Latin America.
Who is Rigoberta Menchú?
In 2021, this woman became the first female Vice President of the United States, also breaking barriers as the first Black and South Asian person to hold the office.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Before launching her solo career with Horses, this punk-poet collaborated with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and was a fixture of the 1970s New York City rock and art scene.
Who is Patti Smith?
She became a global icon playing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s Yu Shu Lien and later starred in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Who is Michelle Yeoh?
The Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved, she explored Black identity, trauma, and legacy in America.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This African American NASA mathematician’s calculations were critical to launching John Glenn into orbit, and she was portrayed in Hidden Figures.
Who is Katherine Johnson?