Chemist and crystallographer, she discovered the structure of DNA, unknown until then. But she died without the recognition she deserved.
Rosalind Franklin
She was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and her country.
Frida Kahlo
This activist defends that girls should receive an education. She was shot in the head in 2012, but she survived. In 2014 she became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Malala Yousafzai
She was a queen of Egypt and changed the traditional polytheistic religion of Egypt to one that was monotheistic, worshiping the sun god Aton.
Nefertiti
This African-American woman challenged the racial segregation that existed in some parts of the US. She refused to give up her seat on a bus so a white person could sit. Only for this, she had to spend a night in jail.
Rosa Parks
This physicist changed the world twice. She founded the new science of radioactivity and her discoveries could launch effective cures for cancer.
Marie Curie
She is an anthropologist and ethologist expert in wild chimpanzees. She is recognized for her discoveries about their behavior.
Jane Goodall
She is an American actress and producer. She had to work hard to be the first African-American to win an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Tony Awards.
Viola Davis
She was a Roman Catholic nun who lived in India for most of her life. In 1950 she founded the Missionaries of Charity which attracted many sisters. Thanks to that, they could help many poor people.
Mother Teressa of Calcutta
She is an American television presenter, producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She may be best known for her talk show, which was the highest-rated TV show in history.
Oprah Winfrey
She is an English actress, model and activist. You may know her from her role as the smartest witch of her age at Hogwarts.
Emma Watson
She was a German-Dutch girl of Jewish heritage. She couldn't escape the Holocaust. She posthumously gained fame with the publication of her diary.
Anne Frank
She was a British actress and humanitarian. You may know her from her roles in films like "Breakfast at Tiffany's" or "My Fair Lady".
Audrey Hepburn
She was an American aviator, famous for her flying records. She tried to do the first air travel around the world over the equator, but she couldn't complete it because she disappeared.
Amelia Earhart
She is a young Swedish activist, an icon of the fight against climate change. With her strike in 2018 she inspired an international movement to fight climate change.
Greta Thunberg
