Ada Lovelace, mathematician -- $t Alek Wek, supermodel -- $t Alfonsina Strada, cyclist -- $t Alicia Alonso, ballerina -- $t Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President and scientist -- $t Amelia Earhart, aviator -- $t Amna Al Haddad, weightlifter -- $t Ann Makosinski, inventor -- $t Anna Politkovskaya, journalist -- $t Artemisia Gentileschi, painter -- $t Ashley Fiolek, Motocross racer -- $t Astrid Lindgren, writer -- $t Aung San Suu Kyi, politician -- $t Balkissa Chaibou, activist -- $t Brenda Chapman, Director -- $t The Brontë sisters, writers -- $t Catherine the Great, empress -- $t Cholita Climbers, mountaineers -- $t Claudia Ruggerini, partisan -- $t Cleopatra, Pharaoh -- $t Coco Chanel, fashion designer -- $t Cora Coralina, poet and baker -- $t Coy Mathis, elementary school student -- $t Elizabeth I, Queen -- $t Eufrosina Cruz, activist and politician -- $t Evita Perón, politician -- $t Fadumo Dayib, politician -- $t Florence Nightingale, nurse -- $t Frida Kahlo, painter -- $t Grace Hopper, computer scientist -- $t Grace O'Malley, pirate -- $t Harriet Tubman, Freedom Fighter -- $t Hatshepsut, Pharaoh -- $t Helen Keller, activist -- $t Hillary Clinton, presidential candidate -- $t Hypatia, mathematician and philosopher -- $t Irena Sendlerowa, war hero -- $t Isabel Allende, writer -- $t Jacquotte Delahaye, pirate -- $t Jane Austin, writer -- $t Jane Goodall, primatologist -- $t Jessica Watson, sailor -- $t Jill Tarter, astronomer -- $t Jingū, Empress -- $t Joan Jett, rock star -- $t Julia Child, chef -- $t Kate Sheppard, suffragette -- $t Lakshmi Bai, queen and warrior -- $t Lella Lombardi, Formula One racer -- $t Lozen, warrior -- $t Mae C. Jemison, astronaut and doctor -- $t Malala Yousafzai, activist -- $t Manal Al-Sharif, activist -- $t Margaret Hamilton, computer scientist -- $t Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister -- $t Margherita Hack, astrophysicist.

Maria Callas, opera singer -- $t Maria Montessori, physician and educator -- $t Maria Reiche, archaeologist -- $t Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist -- $t Marie Curie, scientist -- $t Mary Anning, paleontologist -- $t Mary Edwards Walker, surgeon -- $t Mary Kom, boxer -- $t Matilde Montoya, doctor -- $t Maud Stevens Wagner, tattoo artist -- $t Maya Angelou, writer -- $t Maya Gabeira, surfer -- $t Melba Liston, trombonist -- $t Michaela Deprince, ballerina -- $t Michelle Obama, lawyer and First Lady -- $t Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, drummer -- $t The Mirabal sisters, activists -- $t Miriam Makeba, activist and singer -- $t Misty Copeland, ballerina -- $t Nancy Wake, spy -- $t Nanny of the Maroons, Queen -- $t Nellie Bly, reporter -- $t Nettie Stevens, geneticist -- $t Nina Simone, singer -- $t Policarpa Salavarrieta, spy -- $t Rita Levi Montalcini, scientist -- $t Rosa Parks, activist -- $t Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice -- $t Ruth Harkness, explorer -- $t Seondeok of Silla, Queen -- $t Serena and Venus Williams, tennis players -- $t Simone Biles, gymnast -- $t Sonita Alizadeh, rapper -- $t Sylvia Earle, marine biologist -- $t Tamara de Lempicka, painter -- $t Virginia Woolf, writer -- $t Wang Zhenyi, astronomer -- $t Wangari Maathai, activist -- $t Wilma Rudolph, athlete -- $t Xian Zhang, orchestra conductor -- $t Yaa Asantewaa, warrior queen -- $t Yoko Ono, artist -- $t Yusra Mardini, swimmer -- $t Zaha Hadid, architect.