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Not only is she the Queen of Pop, due to her iconic music career, but she is also a fierce advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, and founded the charity Raising Malawi which works to provide health & education to children in South Africa.
Madonna
Which country was the first to grant women the right to vote?
New Zealand
She was best known for 45-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Africa
Jane Goodall
Which disability and women's rights activist was known for being the first deaf-blind person to write a book and earn a Bachelor's Degree?
Recently completed her world tour, where she achieved over $2 billion in ticket sales, making it the highest the grossing tour ever, and solidifying her place among top influential women of the 21st century
Taylor Swift
Formerly married to a British Royal, she became a cultural icon in the 1980 -90's. She worked with several charities and supported many causes including Centrepoint, The National AIDS Trust, and The Hospital for Sick Children. She was affectionately referred to as "the People's Princess"
Princess Diana
This activist is famous for the Montgomery Bus Boycott which was a key moment leading to the Civil Rights Movement
Rosa Parks
She was a physicist and chemist, and the person who discovered Polonium and Radium. She was the first women to receive a Nobel Prize and the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.
Marie Curie
The youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, winning at only 17 years old for her activism work against the prohibition on the education of girls
Malala Yousafzai
Which famous fashion designer was also a spy during World War II?
Coco Chanel
Born in 1981 in Houston, Texas, This singer-songwriter rose to fame as the lead signer of Destiny's child. Later, she moved towards a hugely successful solo career that has spanned two decades. She most recently won Album of the Year at the 2025 Grammy's
Beyonce
She was the 2nd women named to the Supreme Court of the United States, and was best known for serving on cases concerning women's rights. Following her death in 2020 she is still revered as a Pioneer of Gender Equality.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
She was considered to be the world's first computer programmer after she created the Analytical Engine. The early computer programming language, Ada, was named after her.
Ada Lovelace
She was the first women to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Aretha Franklin
Serena Williams
She was the first women to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, traveling from Newfoundland to Ireland
Amelia Earhart
She is known as the founder of 'modern nursing', and people often referred to her as "the lady with the lamp"
Florence Nightingale
This poet and actress inspired generations of women through her contributions to the arts. She was the first Black women to have a screenplay produced as a film, was a New York Times bestseller, a 3-time Grammy award winner, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama
Maya Angelou
She is a journalist and a social political activist who became a leader and spokeswomen for the American Feminist Movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She has been referred to as the "Mother of Feminism"
Gloria Steinem
This English writer was best known for her vivid depictions of middle-class life during the 19th century. She published 4 novels during her lifetime including Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility.
Jane Austen
Which First lady of the United States held the first all Women press conference for female reporters only, in 1933?
Eleanor Roosevelt
This doctor was coined as the "Mother of Chemotherapy" after her work was integral in bringing chemotherapy treatment into mainstream medicine. In addition to her contributions to advancements in treatment, she was also the Director of the Cancer Research Center and was a passionate advocate for Health Equality
Jane Cooke Wright
On June 16, 1963, she was was launched into space aboard the Vostok 6, making her the first women to ever travel to space.
Valentina Tereshkova
She grew up in Chicago and went to Harvard Law School, where she studied Intellectual Property Law. She was was the 44th First Lady of the United States, is a best-selling author, and now a top podcast host.
Michelle Obama