Women's First
She was the first African American women to become a billionaire.
Oprah Winfrey
She became the first women to represent the US in foreign affairs as the Secretary of State.
Madeline Albright
The Barbie doll was invented in 1959 by this co-founder of Mattel. She named the doll after her daughter Barbara and son Ken.
Ruth Handler
She is the first woman billionaire under the age of 30 in 2019.
Kylie Jenner
This famous woman was born into slavery. She would go on to free 300 enslaved people (actually about 700 more over the years), work as a spy and a nurse. Later in life she became a prominent voice in the abolitionist movement and voting rights for women.
Harriet Tubman
She was the first Supreme Court Judge, who was appointed by Ronald Regan and retired on January 31, 2006.
Sandra Day O'Connor
In 1999, this famous female boss was the first to run a Fortune 20 company.
Carly Fiorina (CEO of Hewlett Packard – the other HP)
She rose to fame in the 1990s, and she holds the title as the most decorated figure skater in American History. Today she is the US Ambassador to Belize.
Michelle Kwan
This American actress and singer turned businesswomen. She runs a $1 million brand empire that bears her name. She is married to a former NFL player.
Jessica Simpson
She won a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, and then remarkably won another one in 1911 in Chemistry. She is the first person and only women to win 2 Nobel Prizes.
Harriet Tubman
She is the first US women of color to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.
Toni Morrison
She was the first women to own a major studio called Desilu Productions.
Lucille Ball
In 1983, she was the first women to travel to space.
Sally Ride
In 2011, this actress teamed up with Christopher Gavigan to launch the Honest Company.
Jessica Alba
This shy English woman worked with chimpanzees in their natural habitat to change the long held differences between humans and other primates.
Jane Goodall
In 1961, this female artist was the first to win a Grammy. She had a famous daughter who was an actress, singer and dancer and starred in Cabaret in 1972
Judy Garland
She was the first African American women to be elected into Congress in 1968.
Shirley Chisholm
At the age of 22, she read her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Biden’s inauguration. Four years later she was named the first National Youth Poet Laureate of the US.
Amanda Gorman
In 2002, she was the first African American women to win the Best Oscar. In 2023, she presented the same award to the first Asian woman to win an Oscar. Can you name both?
Halle Berry and Michelle Yeoh
She is a viral immunologist that is an Assistant Professor at Harvard. Before joining Harvard, she worked at Vaccine Research Center where her postdoctoral research efforts were aimed at the COVID19 vaccines. Her team partnered with Moderna for the first COV19 vaccine. She was highlighted in Times Magazine – Time 100 Next List with a profile written by Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Dr. Kizzemkia “Kizzy” Shanta Corbett.
This leader of the women’s suffrage movement was the first to run for US President against Ulyssess S Grant and Horace Greely.
Victoria Woodhull
This famous quote was made by a technology executive, philanthropist, and served as COO for Meta – “Done is better than perfect. Take action, make progress, and don’t let the pursuit of perfection hold you back from achieving your goals. “
Sheryl Sandberg
In 2023 there is a movie based on her unbelievable accomplishment of swimming from Cuba to Florida without the protection of a shark cage. She did this at the age of 64.
Diana Nyad
This actress, medial mogul and a book club leader runs a production company that produces women-centric productions named Hello Sunshine.
Reece Witherspoon
We can thank this British scientist for much of the knowledge that we have regarding DNA. Her many discoveries about DNA’s density and it’s molecular structure changed how scientists viewed genetics and how genes are passed down in families.
Rosalind Franklin