Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), pilot

Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914-1956), athlete

Cecilia 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

Lena Horne (1917-), 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

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (1945-), democratic leader

Mother Teresa (1910-1997), servant of the poor

Ursula Le Guin (1929-), writer

Vijaya 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 Hurston (1891-1960), anthropologist, writer