Gold Medalists
Serena and Venus Williams
Tennis
The Twilight Series
Stephenie Meyer
Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are the real life women who inspired this Hollywood film about NASA and the Apollo mission.
Hidden Figures
This face of the civil rights movement is most well known for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
Rosa Parks
Originally published by Parker Brothers (now Hasbro) in 1935, this iconic family board game was based on The Landlord's Game by Lizzie Magie.
Monopoly
Alysa Liu
Figure Skating
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, And Still I Rise, Phenomenal Woman
Maya Angelou
This singer, who's discography includes Short n' Sweet and Man's Best Friend, rose to fame from the Disney Channel sitcom Girl Meets World.
Sabrina Carpenter
This aviation pioneer was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928.
Amelia Earhart
Caresse Crosby was the first to create this type of form-fitting undergarment, but credit for her creation often went to larger manufacturing firms run by men.
The bra
Simone Biles
Gymnastics
The Hunger Games series
Suzanne Collins
This young child started her career in Hollywood as an actress, but later became the first female United States Chief of Protocol. She also has a drink named after her.
Shirley Temple
In 1973, this monumental decision of the Supreme Court protected a women's bodily autonomy stemming from abortion. Unfortunately, it was overturned in 2022.
Roe v. Wade
Co-invented by actress Hedy Lamarr, this wireless technology that powers modern networks was inspired by her WWII torpedo guidance system.
Wi-Fi
Chloe Kim
Snowboarding
To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman, The Land of Sweet Forever (published posthumously)
Harper Lee
This blonde bombshell became famous for her acting roles and the way she redefined women's beauty standards in the 1950's.
Marilyn Monroe
This constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote.
19th
English chemist Rosalind Franklin’s X-ray work on this molecular structure (often called the blueprint of life) helped two men win the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
Caitlyn Jenner
Decathlon
Frankenstein, The Last Man, The Mortal Immortal
She is the first black woman to win best actress at the 1991 Oscars for her role in Monster Ball.
Halle Berry
This empress from the House of Romanov ruled after taking power from her husband in a bloodless coup in late 18th century Russia.
Catherine the Great
This nuclear reaction was co-discovered by Austrian-Swedish physicist Lise Meitner, who was unjustly excluded from her team's Nobel Prize win in 1944.
Splitting an atom (or nuclear fission)