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Women A–Z

30 indexed. 35 recorded achievements.


  • MA

    Maya Angelou

    Literature · Activism

    Poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist, author of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'.

    1 entry · 1928–2014
  • SA

    Susan B. Anthony

    Activism · Politics

    Suffragist who played a pivotal role in the women's voting rights movement in the United States.

    1 entry · 1820–1906
  • RC

    Rachel Carson

    Science · Activism

    Marine biologist whose 1962 book 'Silent Spring' launched the modern environmental movement.

    1 entry · 1907–1964
  • SC

    Shirley Chisholm

    Politics · Activism

    First Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress and first to seek a major-party presidential nomination.

    1 entry · 1924–2005
  • MC

    Marie Curie

    Science

    Physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity — the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two scientific fields.

    2 entries · 1867–1934
  • AE

    Amelia Earhart

    Aviation · Exploration

    Aviation pioneer and author, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

    2 entries · 1897–1937
  • RG

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    Law · Activism

    Supreme Court Justice who championed gender equality across a decades-long legal career.

    2 entries · 1933–2020
  • JG

    Jane Goodall

    Science

    Primatologist whose long-term study of chimpanzees transformed our understanding of animal behavior.

    2 entries · 1934
  • GH

    Grace Hopper

    Science

    Computer scientist and U.S. Navy rear admiral who pioneered high-level programming languages.

    2 entries · 1906–1992
  • FK

    Frida Kahlo

    Arts

    Painter known for her searing self-portraits and unflinching examination of identity and pain.

    1 entry · 1907–1954
  • BK

    Billie Jean King

    Sports · Activism

    Tennis champion and gender-equality advocate best known for defeating Bobby Riggs in the 'Battle of the Sexes'.

    1 entry · 1943
  • AL

    Ada Lovelace

    Science

    Mathematician regarded as the first computer programmer for her notes on Babbage's Analytical Engine.

    1 entry · 1815–1852
  • WM

    Wangari Maathai

    Activism · Politics

    Environmental and political activist, first African woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

    1 entry · 1940–2011
  • WK

    Wilma Mankiller

    Politics · Activism

    First woman elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

    1 entry · 1945–2010
  • MD

    Margaret Mead

    Science

    Cultural anthropologist whose fieldwork reshaped popular understanding of gender and society.

    1 entry · 1901–1978
  • GM

    Golda Meir

    Politics

    Fourth Prime Minister of Israel and the first woman to hold that office.

    1 entry · 1898–1978
  • MM

    Maud Menten

    Science · Medicine

    Biochemist and physician whose Michaelis–Menten equation is a cornerstone of enzyme kinetics.

    0 entries · 1879–1960
  • MZ

    Maryam Mirzakhani

    Science

    Mathematician and first woman awarded the Fields Medal.

    1 entry · 1977–2017
  • TM

    Toni Morrison

    Literature

    Novelist and Nobel laureate whose work centered Black American experience with lyrical force.

    1 entry · 1931–2019
  • MN

    Martina Navratilova

    Sports · Activism

    Tennis great with a record 59 Grand Slam titles across singles and doubles.

    1 entry · 1956
  • FN

    Florence Nightingale

    Medicine

    Founder of modern nursing whose statistical work transformed public health.

    1 entry · 1820–1910
  • EN

    Emmy Noether

    Science

    Mathematician whose theorem connects symmetry with conservation laws, foundational to modern physics.

    1 entry · 1882–1935
  • SO

    Sandra Day O'Connor

    Law · Politics

    First woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court.

    1 entry · 1930–2023
  • MO

    Michelle Obama

    Politics · Activism

    Lawyer, author, and former First Lady of the United States.

    1 entry · 1964
  • RP

    Rosa Parks

    Activism

    Civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat sparked the Montgomery bus boycott.

    2 entries · 1913–2005
  • SR

    Sally Ride

    Exploration · Science

    Physicist and astronaut, the first American woman in space.

    1 entry · 1951–2012
  • VT

    Valentina Tereshkova

    Exploration · Science

    Cosmonaut and the first woman to fly to space, aboard Vostok 6 in 1963.

    1 entry · 1937
  • MT

    Margaret Thatcher

    Politics

    First female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, serving from 1979 to 1990.

    1 entry · 1925–2013
  • VW

    Virginia Woolf

    Literature · Arts

    Modernist author whose essays and novels reshaped 20th-century literature.

    1 entry · 1882–1941
  • MY

    Malala Yousafzai

    Activism

    Education activist and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.

    1 entry · 1997