Movie & TV
She had leading roles in both Euphoria and Spider-Man Homecoming
Zendaya
The first female and African-American NASA astronaut to go to space
Mae Jemison
The only female artist to win 32 Grammys
Beyonce Knowles-Carter
The first female to make it past the primaries running for President
Hilary Clinton
Legislation passed by President John F. Kennedy as a step toward eliminating the Gender Pay Gap
The Equal Pay Act
She had the starring role in The Hunger Games
Jennifer Lawrence
The only person who received 2 Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry
Marie Curie
This female rapper's songs were #1 on Billboard Hot 100 3 times: "Bodak Yellow" "I Like It" and "WAP"
Cardi B
She served as Attorney General for California and specialized in criminal justice reform
Kamala Harris
This is the day that 15,000 women marched through New York city demanding equal rights in voting, livable wages, and shorter hours
International Women’s Day (March 8th ,1908)
This British actress earned 2 Emmy nominations and blew up for acting in Stranger Things
Millie Bobby Brown
This NASA mathematician worked “like a dog day and night” in the movie Hidden Figures
Katherine Johnson
She holds the record for the most No. 1 singles by a solo artist (14 on Billboard Hot 100)
Rihanna
She is the first Black female Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
This Constitutional amendment permitted white women to vote
The 19th Amendment
She had the #1 hit talk show in the United States and starred in the Color Purple
Oprah Winfrey
This Computer Scientist and US Navy Veteran developed the programming language COBOL
Grace Hopper
She won 5 Latin Grammys in one year
Shakira
The first female Supreme Court justice of the United States
Sandra Day O’Connor
This was signed into law by President Bill Clinton to prevent stalking, domestic violence, and dating violence
Violence Against Women Act
This actress won a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of Cookie Lyon on the show Empire
Taraji P. Henson
This Chinese-American Physicist worked on the both the Manhattan Project and the Wu Experiment
Chien-Shiung Wu
The first woman to receive an EGOT award
Audrey Hepburn
This US congresswoman served as an attorney for the Texas Civil Rights Project
Jasmine Crockett
This global movement started in 2017 and helped raise awareness about sexual abuse, violence, and harassment
The Global #MeToo Movement