Name Years active Nationality Knownfor/accomplishments SonitaAlizadeh 1996-present day Afghan Rapper and activist WangariMaathai 1940-2011 African Thefirst Africian woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for hercontribution to sustainable development, democracy, women''s rights and peace. Rosa Parks 1913-2005 African-American Knownfor her refusal to give up her seat on a bus during the race segregation erain America. This act was one of the defining moments that sparked the CivilRights movement. Rosa collaborated with other civil rights leaders such asMartin Luther King Jr. Beyonce 1981-present African-American One of the most successful solo artists of all time. Maya Angelou 1928-2014 African-American American memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist. Hypatia 355-415CE Alexandrian Astronomerand mathematician AmeliaEarhart 1897-1937 American Thefirst female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set manyother records, was one of the first aviators promote commerical air travel,wrote best-selling books about her flying ecperiences and was instrumental inthe formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organisation for female pilots.
She isalso famous for her disapearance during her attempt at becoming the firstwoman to complete a circumnavigational flight of the world in 1937. Nellie Bly 1864-1922 American Journalistwho travelled around the world. Ruth BaderGinsburg 1933-2020 American Americanlawyer and jurist who served as a high-ranking judge in the Supreme Court ofthe United States. She was highly respected throughout her career and was afierce advocate of woman''s rights. Helen Keller 1880-1968 American Author,educator and disability rights advocate who after catching an illness at 19months old was left blind and deaf. Helen was determined to speak and writeand after being trained to use the Tadoma method (when a deaf person usestheir fingers to feel the throat and lips of the speaker) went on to become afamous speaker and author who was also the first deaf-blind person to earn aBachelor of Arts degree. Mary AnnBrown Patten 1837-1861 American Wifeof a ship''s captain who captained a merchant ship when he becameincapacitated and overcame a mutiny. Madam CJWalker 1867-1919 American Entrepreneur,philanthropist and activist who became one of the wealthiestAfrican-Americans of her era.
JaneFonda 1937-present American Actorand activist. Winner of 2 Academy Awards, 2 BAFTA awards, 7 Golden Globesamongst others. She is known for her activism especially in regard to theVietnam war and the environment. DorothyArzner 1897-1979 American One of the first female American film directors in America aswell as one of the first openly gay women in the film industry. She workedduring the the silent era of film. She invented the boom mic by dangling amicrophone from a fishing rod. She was also the first woman to be a member ofthe Directors Guild of America. SophiaDuleep-Singh 1876-1948 Anglo-Indian Indian princess and Suffragette.
Libby Kosmala 1942-present Australian Australianparalympian who has represented her country in 12 Paralympic Games MadelineStuart 1996-present Australian The world''s first supermodel with Downs Syndrome. Lise Meitner 1878-1968 Austrian/Swedish Physicistresponsible for discovering nuclear fission. Andree deJongh 1916-2007 Belgian WW2resistance leader. Mary Anning 1977-1847 British AnEnglish fossil collector, dealer and palaeontologist who became known aroundthe world for the discoveries she made along the coast at Lyme Regis. Boudicca unknown - diedbetween 60-61 AD British Queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe wholed an uprising against Roman conquerors. She was "re-discovered"inthe Victorian era and regarded as a cultural symbol for britain. George Eliot 1819-1880 British Oneof the leading writers of theVictorian era and author of the the celebrated novel Middlemarch. Jane Goodall 1934-present British Knownfor her pioneering work on chimpanzees and is regarded as the world''s experton the species.
She has worked and studied with chimpanzees for 60 years andwas the first to observe and record human-like behaviours of chimpanzees in1960. She is also UN Messenger for peace and founded the Jane GoodallInstitute in 1977 which works on world-wide wildlife conservation. Emma Watson 1986-present British Actorand activist best known for her portrayal of Hermione in the Harry Potterfilms. She recently also became well known for her role as a UN GoodwillAmbassador for women an the ''HEforSHE campaign as well as her work in sustainable fashion. FlorenceNIghtingale 1820-1910 British Social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. MaryWollstonecraft 1759-1797 British English writer and activist who championed education andliberation rights for women. Her bookA Vindication of the Rights of Women(1792) is regarded as one of the foundational texts of feminism and feministthought. Ada Lovelace 1815-1852 British Regarded as the first computer programmer.
RosalindFranklin 1920-1958 British British biophysicist who helped discover the doublehelixstructure of DNA. Zheng Yi Sao 1755-1844 Chinese Aprolific pirate leader who successfully operated in the South China Seabetween 1801-1810. She has been described as history''s most successful femalepirate as well as being one of the greateest pirates of all time. Zheng Zhenxiang 1929-present Chinese A female pioneer of Chinese archaeology. Alicia Alonso<.