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A singer that was the first woman to headline Coachella solo, and her 2016 visual album ‘Lemonade’ is widely considered a landmark artistic statement

Who is Beyoncé?

100

 In 2021, this California senator became the first woman, first Black American, and first person of South Asian descent to serve as U.S. Vice President

Who is Kamala Harris?

100

 This Polish-French physicist won two Nobel Prizes — in Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911) — for her pioneering research on radioactivity.

Who is Marie Curie?

100

 Her 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott and became a defining moment of the Civil Rights Movement

Who is Rosa Parks?

100

 This actress became the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her role in ‘Monster’s Ball'

Who is Halle Berry?

200

 Known as the ‘Queen of Soul,’ this Detroit-born singer won 18 Grammy Awards and sang at Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Who is Aretha Franklin?

200

This New Zealand Prime Minister became the second elected world leader to give birth while in office, in 2018

Who is Jacinda Ardern?

200

A NASA mathematician, this woman’s orbital calculations were so trusted that astronaut John Glenn refused to fly without her verification

Who is Katherine Johnson?

200

 This Pakistani activist, shot by the Taliban at age 15 for advocating girls’ education, became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2014

Who is Malala Yousafzai?

200

 This actress, producer, and humanitarian won three Academy Awards and is regarded as one of the greatest actresses of the 20th century, known for ‘Roman Holiday’ and ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s'

Who is Audrey Hepburn?

300

 This Mexican-American singer, dubbed ‘The Queen of Tejano Music,’ was murdered in 1995 and later became the subject of a major biopic

Who is Selena Quintanilla?

300

Serving as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021, this physicist-turned-politician was the first woman to hold that office

Who is Angela Merkel?

300

This British chemist’s X-ray diffraction images were crucial to the discovery of DNA’s double-helix structure, though she received little credit in her lifetime

Who is Rosalind Franklin?

300

 Known as ‘Moses’ of the Underground Railroad, this abolitionist and spy made 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people

Who is Harriet Tubman?

300

 A true Golden Age trailblazer, this actress co-founded United Artists in 1919, becoming one of the first major female film studio executive

Who is Mary Pickford?

400

This classical pianist and composer was one of the most celebrated musicians of the Romantic era — and the wife of composer Robert Schumann

Who is Clara Schumann?

400

This Liberian peace activist and politician became Africa’s first female elected head of state, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 201

Who is Ellene Johnson Sirleaf?

400

 This computer scientist and U.S. Navy Rear Admiral developed one of the first compilers and is often credited with popularizing the term ‘debugging'.

Who is Grace Hopper?

400

This Kenyan environmental activist founded the Green Belt Movement and was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, in 2004

Who is Wangari Maathal

400

 This actress, who starred in ‘The Color Purple’ and ‘Beloved,’ also became a major film producer whose company produced works like ‘Selma’ and ‘The Help.’

Who is Oprah Winfrey?

500

 This Malian singer and activist, known as the ‘Songbird of Africa,’ used her music to advocate for women’s rights and democracy in Mali.

Who is Oumou Sangaré?

500

 DD- This Indian independence leader served as the first and, to date, only female Prime Minister of India, from 1966 to 1984

Who is Indira Ghandi?

500

 Often called the world’s first computer programmer, this 19th-century mathematician worked on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine and wrote its first algorithm

Who is Ada Lovelace?

500

This labor organizer and co-founder of the United Farm Workers union fought alongside César Chávez for the rights of agricultural workers, coining the slogan ‘Sí, se puede.’

Who is Dolores Huerta?

500

This groundbreaking director became the first woman of color to win the Academy Award for Best Director in 2021 for ‘Nomadland’ 

Who is Chloé Zhao?