Black Women
The woman who delivered slaves to freedom through the underground railroads?
Who is Harriet Tubman
One of the earliest female writers to produce works that critiqued and commented on the British landed gentry. Author of "Sense and Sensibility" (1811).
Who is Jane Austen
Singer who fled from Cuba with her family as a young child. She’s one of the most famous Hispanic women in history because she was the first wildly successful Cuban artist in the United States. The chairperson for a campaign that raised $40 million to build the Lois Pope LIFE Center and the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.
Who is Gloria Estefan
She was 19-months old she fell ill (speculated to be scarlet fever) and was left blind and deaf. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor's degree.
Who is Helen Keller
Discovered the Theory of Radioactivity
who is Marie Curie
The African American jazz singer known as "The First Lady of song"
Who is Ella Fitzgerald
Famous Gothic fiction writer, recognized as one of the early creators of science fiction, she was also a prominent editor, working mainly on the works of her husband. Author of "Frankenstein" (1818).
Who is Mary Shelley
Mexican feminist icon and artist whose folk art paintings focused on women’s strength. The Louvre purchased one of her surrealist paintings, making her the first Mexican artist featured at the famous French museum.
Who is Frida Kahlo
The first black deaf lawyer in America and the first deaf student to graduate from American University’s law school.
Who is Claudia Gordon
Inventor of the Windshield wipers
Mary Anderson
The first African American woman to earn a pilot's license and to make a public flight in 1922 in the U.S.
Who is Bessie Coleman
American novelist and editor, made famous by her ability to depict the Black American experience in her writing with such authenticity; in an unjust society. Author of "The Bluest Eye" (1970).
Who is Toni Morrison
She served as First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She was outspoken about labor rights and trade unions. Founded the first Argentine large political party called the Women’s Peronist Party.
Who is Eva Perón
Took over the media trying to normalize disabilities, she had her own comedy show and hosted Australia’s first disability culture TV show, No Limits. She even did a TEDx talk in 2014 called “I’m Not Your Inspiration, Thank You Very Much.”
Who is Stella Young
Inventor of the life raft
Who is Marie Beasley
The woman who served as the president for the National Association for Colored women for 5 years and was one of the founders of the NAACP.
Who is Mary Church Terrell
Recipient of multiple Hugo and Nebula awards and a recipient of the PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1995, she also became the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Author of "Kindred" (1979).
Who is Octavia E. Butler
31-year old Puerto Rican-American politician, economist, and activist. She is a Progressive Democrat and the youngest Congresswoman to ever be elected. She has represented New York’s 14th District since November 6th, 2018.
Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
She was the first female helicopter pilot to lead a combat mission, the first double amputee of the Iraq war and the first Thai-American woman and the first woman with a disability elected to Congress.
Who is Senator Tammy Duckworth
Inventor of the Ice Cream maker
The first woman to become a major league pitcher. Known as "Peanut".
Who is Mamie Johnson
Detective crime writer Dame, recognized by the Guinness World Records as the best-selling fiction writer of all time. She also wrote the longest-running play, The Mousetrap, which has been running in the West End since 1952.
Who is Agatha Christie
First Latina to go to outer space. She was a research engineer and inventor who created optical systems for aerospace missions. She was then selected to be an astronaut and served as director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston from 2013 to 2018.
Who is Ellen Ochoa
She had permanently swollen fingers due to chilblains, which are small, itchy swelling on the skin. British Espionage Agent during World War II, she had a distinctive, unique style of morse code.
Who is Noor Inayat Khan
Invented the first recognizable glass aquarium in 1832
Who is Jeanne Villepreux-Power