This media mogul became the first Black female billionaire in the United States.
Who is Oprah Winfrey
The first female president of The Cooper Union
Laura Sparks
Which tennis player has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era
Who is Serena Williams
This actress became the youngest two-time Emmy winner for her role in Euphoria.
Who is Zendaya
This woman became the first female Vice President of the United States in 2021
Who is Kamala Harris
This entrepreneur founded the shapewear company Spanx and became a self-made billionaire
Who is Sara Blakely
Which world famous design museum began as a museum founded by the Hewitt sisters at Cooper Union
The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
With 32 combined Olympic and World Championship medals, she is the most decorated gymnast in history
Who is Simone Biles
This cosmetics entrepreneur built Fenty Beauty, transforming diversity in the beauty industry.
Who is Rihanna
This poet became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history in 2021.
Who is Amanda Gorman
This entrepreneur founded the dating app Bumble and became the youngest female CEO to take a company public.
Who is Whitney Wolfe Herd
A 1925 art alumna, she became a leading sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance and was the only Black artist, as well as one of the few women, invited to exhibit at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
Augusta Savage
Which WNBA player is known as “The Black Widow” and won 4 Olympic gold medals?
Who is Diana Taurasi
This artist holds the record for the most Grammy Awards ever won.
Who is Beyoncé
Who was the first woman to travel to space in 1963
Who is Valentina Tereshkova
This computer scientist is known as the “mother of the internet” for inventing the Spanning Tree Protocol.
Radia Perlman
Believed to be the first woman to graduate from Cooper Union’s engineering program in 1904, a time when engineering was almost entirely male dominated.
Daisy Brown
The only woman to own an NFL and NBA franchise - New Orleans Saints and the New Orleans Pelicans
Who is Gayle Benson
This Colombian superstar became the first Latina to headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show as a solo artist
Who is Shakira
Born in Ethiopia to Eritrean parents, this computer scientist co-founded Black in AI and is known for her work on ethical AI
Who is Timnit Gebru
This Jamaican-American architect became the first Black woman licensed as an architect in New York.

Who is Norma Merrick Sklarek
A seasoned pro at Cooper Union with years of experience. They are wise, witty, supportive, and make a real impact.
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This tennis legend defeated Bobby Riggs in the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes,” a match that helped push for equal prize money and inspired the fight for gender equality in sports.

Who is Billie Jean King
This director became the first woman nominated twice for Best Director at the Oscars after directing Barbie

Who is Greta Gerwig
Who became the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981?

Who is Sandra Day O'Connor