is an African American tennis player. She’s won 23 Grand Slam single titles.
Serena Williams
Known as the Queen of Soul, had 18 Grammys, in every musical Hall of Fame.
Aretha Franklin
first woman to receive a Nobel Prize when she received the Nobel Prize in Physics along with her husband
British author who wrote the record-breaking Harry Potter series
JK Rowling
Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Also known for her unibrow.
Frida Kahlo
Who was the first female race car driver and the first woman to win an IndyCar championship event?
Danica Patrick
Most Grammy awarded artists with 28. Only 39 years old. Formerly a member of a girl group.
Beyonce
spent her time studying chimps by living among them
Jane Goodall
Famous poet, performed at Clintons' Inarguration,
Maya Angelou
political painter, mixed media sculptor, writer, performance artist, and civil rights activist. She is famous for her narrative quilts and her determination to depict the struggles Black people deal with in the US.
Faith Ringgold
22 year old Japanese-American tennis player who is the highest paid female athlete in the world.
Naomi Osaka
One of the bestselling artists of all time with over 200 million records sold world wide. Died tragically. Known for one of the best performances of the National Anthem
Whitney Houston
Famous African American astronaut
Mae C. Jemison
in 2285 BCE. She was an Akkadian/Sumerian poet and the world’s first author known by name. Her poetry and psalms were used throughout the ancient world and were the basis for some of the genres still used in present day.
Enheduanna
Known for painting flowers and New Mexico desert landscapes. Also known as the Mother of Modernism
Georgia O'Keefe
First woman to dunk in the WNBA
Lisa Leslie
The Guinness World Records lists her as the world's most successful female recording artist of all time, known as the First Lady of Pop.Just turned 60 years old.
Madonna
made Kevlar
Stephanie Kwolek
was an American novelist. She was a novelist, essayist, book writer, and college professor. Won the Nobel Peace Prize for Beloved.
Toni Morrison
an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, but lived much of her adult life in France where she befriended Edgar Degas and exhibited with the Impressionists.
Mary Cassatt
Overcame polio to become 1st American woman to win 3 gold medals in track and field
Wilma Rudolph
was recently played in an Award winning movie by Andra Day. Famous for her unique singing voice and the song "Strange Fruit"
Billie Holiday
discovered DNA
Rosalind Franklin
First African American and woman tp publish a book of poetry
Phylis Wheatley
an Italian Baroque painter. Artemisia is considered among the most accomplished seventeenth-century artists, initially working in the style of Caravaggio. She was producing professional work by the age of fifteen.
Artemisia Gentileschi