From the Book - First edition.
Ada Lovelace, mathematician
Alfonsina Strada, cyclist
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President and scientist
Amna Al Haddad, weightlifter
Anna Politkovskaya, journalist
Artemisia Gentileschi, painter
Ashley Fiolek, Motocross racer
Aung San Suu Ky, politician
Balkissa Chaibou, activist
The Brontë 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
Florence Nightingale, nurse
Grace Hopper, computer scientist
Harriet Tubman, Freedom Fighter
Hillary Clinton, presidential candidate
Hypatia, mathematician and philosopher
Irena Senderowa, war hero
Jacquotte Delahaye, pirate
Jane Goodall, primatologist
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
Mary Anning, paleontologist
Mary Edwards Walker, surgeon
Maud Stevens Wagner, tattoo artist
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
Serena and Venus Williams, tennis players
Sylvia Earle, marine biologist
Tamara de Lempicka, painter
Wangari Maathai, activist
Xian Zhang, orchestra conductor
Yaa Asante Waa, warrior queen
