From the Book - First edition.
Ada Lovelace, mathematician --
Alfonsina Strada, cyclist --
Alicia Alonso, ballerina --
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President and scientist --
Amelia Earhart, aviator --
Amna Al Haddad, weightlifter --
Ann Makosinski, inventor --
Anna Politkovskaya, journalist --
Artemisia Gentileschi, painter --
Ashley Fiolek, Motocross racer --
Astrid Lindgren, writer --
Aung San Suu Kyi, politician --
Balkissa Chaibou, activist --
Brenda Chapman, Director --
The Bronte sisters, writers --
Catherine the Great, empress --
Cholita Climbers, mountaineers --
Claudia Ruggerini, partisan --
Coco Chanel, fashion designer --
Cora Coralina, poet and baker --
Coy Mathis, elementary school student --
Eufrosina Cruz, activist and politician --
Evita Peron, politician --
Fadumo Dayib, politician --
Florence Nightingale, nurse --
Grace Hopper, computer scientist --
Grace O'Malley, pirate --
Harriet Tubman, Freedom Fighter --
Helen Keller, activist --
Hillary Clinton, presidential candidate --
Hypatia, mathematician and philosopher --
Irena Sendlerowa, war hero --
Isabel Allende, writer --
Jacquotte Delahaye, pirate --
Jane Goodall, primatologist --
Jessica Watson, sailor --
Jill Tarter, astronomer --
Kate Sheppard, suffragette --
Lakshmi Bai, queen and warrior --
Lella Lombardi, Formula One racer --
Mae C. Jemison, astronaut and doctor --
Malala Yousafzai, activist --
Manal Al-Sharif, activist --
Margaret Hamilton, computer scientist --
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister --
Margherita Hack, astrophysicist --
Maria Callas, opera singer --
Maria Montessori, physician and educator --
Maria Reiche, archaeologist --
Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist --
Marie Curie, scientist --
Mary Anning, paleontologist --
Mary Edwards Walker, surgeon --
Matilde Montoya, doctor --
Maud Stevens Wagner, tattoo artist --
Melba Liston, trombonist --
Michaela Deprince, ballerina --
Michelle Obama, lawyer and First Lady --
Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, drummer --
The Mirabal sisters, activists --
Miriam Makeba, activist and singer --
Misty Copeland, ballerina --
Nanny of the Maroons, Queen --
Nettie Stevens, geneticist --
Policarpa Salavarrieta, spy --
Rita Levi Montalcini, scientist --
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice --
Ruth Harkness, explorer --
Seondeok of Silla, Queen --
Serena and Venus Williams, tennis players --
Sonita Alizadeh, rapper --
Sylvia Earle, marine biologist --
Tamara de Lempicka, painter --
Virginia Woolf, writer --
Wang Zhenyi, astronomer --
Wangari Maathai, activist --
Wilma Rudolph, athlete --
Xian Zhang, orchestra conductor --
Yaa Asantewaa, warrior queen --
Yusra Mardini, swimmer --
