She was the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She was the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license.

Over a million flower bouquets were laid at Britain's royal palaces following her death on August 31, 1997

She was an American political figure, diplomat and activist. She served as the First Lady of the United States, during her husband's four terms in office, making her the longest-serving First Lady of the United States. She served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952. President Harry S. Truman later called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements.

This woman has won a total of 56 Grand Slam tennis competitions events and nine
Wimbledon women’s singles titles

An American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in September 2020. She was the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court. She spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women's rights, winning many arguments before the Supreme Court.

This Jewish girl hid in 1942 from the Nazis and died in 1945 at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

An American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.

She is the first female United States Secretary of State in U.S. history. A Czech-born American public official who also served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. She emigrated to the United States in 1948 from Czechoslovakia with her family. Her diplomat father settled their family in Denver, and she became a U.S. citizen in 1957.

This retired Romanian-American gymnast earned seven perfect scores & was a five time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. During her career, she won nine Olympic medals and four World Artistic Gymnastics Championship medals.

This orphaned daughter of Irish immigrants was just 20 when she became Helen Keller's teacher and was once blind herself

This female lawyer worked for equal rights and suffrage, co-founded the ACLU in 1910, and helped write the Equal Rights Amendment

She was an American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Originally born into slavery in New York, she escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. She became an outspoken advocate for civil rights and women's rights until her death in 1883.

She was the first black woman lawyer in the United States and the first woman admitted to
District of Columbia bar in 1872

She was a Japanese mountaineer, an author, and a teacher. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1975, and the first woman to ascend all Seven Summits

She was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. She served as President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, which she founded. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.

This 15 year old was the youngest person awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. A Pakistani activist, she is known for human rights advocacy, becoming a spokesperson for human rights, education, and women's rights.

This glamorous English-American actress & close friend of Michael Jackson was named godmother to Jackson's son. She was also known as a businesswoman, and humanitarian. Upon the death of her friend, actor Rock Hudson, in 1985, she began her crusade on the behalf of AIDS sufferers. A pioneering AIDS activist, she established the ETAF AIDS Foundation in 1991

An American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. She was the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress and was a founding member of the National Women’s Political Caucus?

She is making history as she becomes the first Arab-American female driver to compete in a NASCAR national series, after she made her debut at Daytona International Speedway.

An American doctor, abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war and surgeon and the only woman in US history to be awarded the Medal of Honor. During the American Civil War, this woman volunteered to assist the Union Army, serving as a surgeon at a military outpost in Washington, DC. She was caught by the Confederate Army in April 1864 and became a prisoner of war. During her stay as a POW, she repeatedly denied her captive's orders to wear more "womanly" apparel

An American Cherokee activist, social worker, community developer and the first woman in modern history elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, a major Native-American tribe

This Memphis-born and Detroit raised woman became the first woman ever to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. She was an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights activist
Side note: She became a mom at the age of 14 (she has four sons total)

She is a retired attorney, politician, and the first woman associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, a position she held from 1981 until her retirement in 2006. She was the first woman nominated and confirmed. She was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by unanimous Senate vote.

This woman is often referred to as the "female Michael Jordan". She's the first women to be signed into WNBA, won three Olympic gold medals, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and tops on every WNBA player list that has ever existed

An American businesswoman, hair care entrepreneur, philanthropist, educator and activist. She is noted for being the first African-American woman to create and patent a permanent hair-wave machine in 1928. She was a beauty salon owner, who changed the game of hair styling when she invented the “permanent wave machine.” Her perm machine simplified the process of straightening and curling hair for all women