Women in Sports
This female athlete has won 39 Grand Slam titles, including 23 singles titles, 14 doubles titles and two mixed doubles titles.
Serena Williams
This woman worked as a nurse and earned the Royal Red Cross Medal in 1883.
Florence Nightingale
Became the mother of Jesus through the Immaculate Conception.
Mary
This woman sparked the Montgomery bus boycott that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional.
Rosa Parks
This American actress and comedian is considered a pioneer of early television, and starred in shows such as Golden Girls.
Betty White
This athlete is the most decorated American gymnast.
Simone Biles
Not only was this woman the first female to earn a degree in physics, but she also was the first woman to be given the Nobel Prize.
Marie Curie
This woman was responsible for leading the French army to victory over the English at Orléans, after convincing Charles VII to let her dress like a man and fight.
Joan of Arc
This woman was a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish heritage, whose diary provided great insight into the horrors of the Holocaust.
Anne Frank
This American singer and actress got her start dancing on a Disney Channel show.
Zendaya
This athlete is the only female in the UFC Hall of Fame.
Ronda Rousey
This woman is famous for being the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.
Elizabeth Blackwell
This woman was the first person to see Jesus after the Resurrection.
Mary Magdalene
This woman was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
This American singer-songwriter and performance artist, known for her flamboyant costumes and strong vocal talents, who achieved great success with songs such as “Just Dance" and “Born This Way.”
Lady Gaga
This female athlete won 7 Olympic gold medals and 15 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer.
Katie Ladecky
In 1958, this woman became the first black female engineer at NASA. She was also portrayed by Janelle Monae in the film Hidden Figures.
Mary Jackson
This woman once said, “We cannot all do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
Mother Teresa
This woman made 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
This female singer's first major success came in early 2009 after she was featured on rapper Flo Rida's number-one single "Right Round".
Ke$ha
This athlete is the first woman in Olympic history to ever win back-to-back golds in the Halfpipe.
Chloe Kim
This American mathematician, is known for her work contributing to the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Dr. Gladys West
This woman is the patron saint of women’s health.
St. Rita
This woman was the Supreme Court of the United States' second female justice, as well as the first Jewish female justice.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist had her own show which aired for 25 years.
Oprah