Leaders
She was the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
She discovered radium and polonium and won two Nobel Prizes.
Who is Marie Curie?
She famously refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Rosa Parks?
She won 23 Grand Slam singles titles in tennis—more than any player in the Open Era.
Who is Serena Williams?
She’s the longest-reigning queen in British history.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
The first woman Vice President of the United States, elected in 2020.
Who is Kamala Harris?
NASA mathematician whose calculations were critical to John Glenn’s 1962 orbit.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA in 1912.
Who is Juliette Gordon Low?
The first woman to run the Boston Marathon (officially), in 1967.
Who is Kathrine Switzer?
She led Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement and won a Nobel Peace Prize
Who is Aung San Suu Kyi?
She became the first female President of the Philippines in 1986.
Who is Corazon Aquino?
The first female computer programmer, known for her work with Charles Babbage.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
This Pakistani activist won the Nobel Peace Prize at age 17.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
The first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal (in 1948).
Who is Alice Coachman?
This Israeli Prime Minister was known as the “Iron Lady of the Middle East
Who is Golda Meir?
This Liberian leader was Africa’s first elected female head of state.
Who is Ellen Johnson Sirleaf?
This marine biologist’s book Silent Spring spurred the environmental movement.
Who is Rachel Carson?
A key leader of the women’s rights movement who wrote the “Declaration of Sentiments.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
She became the first woman to coach full-time in the NFL in 2015.
Who is Jen Welter?
A humanitarian and founder of Missionaries of Charity, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
Who is Mother Teresa?
She led the women’s suffrage movement in the U.S. and is featured on a dollar coin.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
This Chinese-American physicist helped confirm the theory of beta decay but was excluded from a Nobel Prize.
Who is Chien-Shiung Wu?
A Cherokee woman known for defending Indigenous land rights and sovereignty in the 19th century.
Who is Wilma Mankiller?
She was the first female athlete to score in a Power Five college football game (2020).
Who is Sarah Fuller?
Kenyan environmentalist and founder of the Green Belt Movement; first African woman Nobel laureate.
Who is Wangari Maathai?