Women in Islam
She was the first wife of Prophet Muhammad (s) and was the first person to convert to Islam after Muhammad's prophecy.
Khadijah
She was the first woman to fly as a passenger across the Atlantic Ocean, then she became the first woman to pilot a plane across that ocean.
Amelia Earhart
Queen Rania
She is known for being the first Muslim American woman to wear a hijab while competing for the United States in the Olympics
Ibtihaj Muhammad
She is best known for her talk show, dubbed the "Queen of All Media." She is North America's first black multi-billionaire.
Oprah Winfrey
She was the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (s) and wife of Imam Ali (as). She was an avid supporter of the poor and the source of many of Islam's great teachings.
Fatima (as)- Prophet Muhammad (s)
She was a civil right activist who refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama
Rosa Parks
Angela Merkel
She is an American professional tennis player and former world No.1 in women's single tennis
Serena Williams
She was an American singer and actress. She was cited as the most awarded female artist of all time by Guinness World Records and remains one of the best-selling music artists of all time with 200 million records sold worldwide.
Whitney Houston
She was the Great Royal Wife of the Ancient Egypt's Pharaoh of the Exodus and adoptive mother of Moses in the Islamic tradition.
Asiya (as)
She was an escaped slave who became a "conductor" on the underground Railroad leading slaves to freedom before the Civil War
Harriet Tubman
She was an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019. She was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016 on the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Line.
Ilhan Omar
She is the most decorated American gymnast and the world's third most decorated gymnast.
Simone Biles
She is an American fashion model. She is noted for being the first woman to wear a hijab in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, where she was a semi-finalist.
Halima Aden
She is a Pakistani education advocate who became the youngest person to win the Noble Peace Prize after surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban
Malala Yousafzai
She was a famous Jewish woman during the Holocaust that wrote "The Diary of a Young Girl" in which she documents her life hiding from the Nazis.
Anne Frank
She is an American politician serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representative since January 2019. She is the first woman in U.S. history to hold position and is the highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history
Nancy Pelosi
She is an American track and field athlete and the fastest woman of all time
Florence Griffith Joyner
She was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry.
Diana, Princess of Wales
She holds a singularly exalted place in Islam as she was named in the Quran seventy times which explicitly identifies her as the greatest of all women.
Maryam- Jesus's Mother
She was presided over a time of industrial expansion, educational advances, the abolition fo slavery and workers' welfare. She reigned from 1837-1901.
Queen Victoria
She is the first Muslim American woman to serve in the Michigan Legislature and the second Muslim Woman in history to be elected to any United States legislature. In 2018, she won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Representative seat from Michigan's 13th congressional district.
Rashida Tlaib
She was an African-American sprinter born in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee, who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.
Wilma Rudolph
She is a Swedish environmental activist on climate change whose campaigning has gained international recognition.
Greta Thunberg