Pioneers in Politics
This woman became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
Known as the "mother of computing," this mathematician created the first algorithm intended for a machine.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
This English novelist is known for works like Pride and Prejudice and Emma.
Who is Jane Austen?
She became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House in 2007.
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
She discovered the structure of DNA with X-ray crystallography, though often overlooked in credit.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
She is known for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Known as the "Queen of Crime," this British author wrote detective novels featuring iconic characters like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
Who is Agatha Christie?
She shattered the "glass ceiling" as the first woman to serve as Vice President of the United States in 2021.
Who is Kamala Harris?
She developed the first programming language compiler, paving the way for modern computing.
Who is Grace Hopper?
This former First Lady became a UN delegate and champion for human rights after her husband's presidency.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
This author won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961 for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird, which addresses themes of racial injustice in the American South.
Who is Harper Lee?
This former First Lady became the first woman to be nominated for U.S. President by a major political party in 2016.
Who is Hillary Clinton?
This physicist and chemist was the first person to win Nobel Prizes in both Physics and Chemistry, for her work on radioactivity and the discovery of polonium and radium.
Who is Marie Curie?
A Nobel Peace Prize recipient in 1979, she dedicated her life to caring for the poor in Kolkata, India.
Who is Mother Teresa?
A leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance, this poet authored I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This country elected Sirimavo Bandaranaike as the world's first female Prime Minister in 1960.
What is Sri Lanka?
This NASA mathematician, known as a "human computer," calculated the trajectory for John Glenn’s orbital mission in 1962 and later contributed to the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The youngest person to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize, she advocates for girls' education globally.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
This Jewish teenager’s posthumously published diary, which chronicles her life in hiding during the Holocaust, has become one of the most important works of the 20th century.
Who is Anne Frank?