Women Who Changed the World


Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), pilot
Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914-1956), athlete
Ceclia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1980), astronomer
Dolores Huerta (1930-), union co-founder
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), first lady
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), painter
Grace Hopper (1906-1992), computer scientist
Helen Keller (1880-1968), advocate for the disabled
Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976), photographer
Jane Goodall (1934-), naturalist
Kristi Yamaguchi (1971-), ice skating champion
Kena Horne (1917-2010), entertainer
Maya Lin (1959-), architect
Nawal El Sadaawi (1931-), women's rights activist
Oprah Winfrey (1954-), talk show host
Patricia Schroeder (1940-), congresswoman
Quah Ah (1893-1949), artist
Rachel Carson(1907-1964), environmentalist
Suu Kyi (1945-), democratic leader
mother Theresa (1910-1997), servant of the poor
Ursula LeGuin (1929-2018), writer
Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990), diplomat
Wilma Mankiller (1945-), chief of the Cherokee nation
chen Xiefen (1883-1923), journalist
Yoshiko Uchida (1922-1992), writer
Zora Neale Hourton (1891-1960), anthropologist, writer

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