Hatshepsut
Egyptian pharaoh
Female pharaoh who led Egypt into a time of peace and economic prosperity
Amy French
Image source: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Benazir Bhutto
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
First woman of an Islamic country to serve as Prime Minister
Amy French
Image: Wiki Commons
Eleanor Roosevelt
Governance
Ambassador and reformer, she advocated greater rights for women and minorities
Amy French
Image Source: Wiki Commons
Frances Perkins
Governance
First woman to be appointed to the US Cabinet--as the Secretary of Labor, no less, in a time when wage work was considered outside woman's sphere
Amy French
Image: Wiki Commons
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Politics
First woman to be nominated by a major political party for the position of President of the United States of America. Former Secretary of State, former New York Senator, and life-long activist who continually challenges gender norms in US society and fights for social justic.
Amy French
Image source: Wiki Commons
Madam C.J. Walker
Business
African-American woman who started a successful beauty company and encouraged US citizens to see black women as beautiful
Amy French
Image: Scurbrook Studio, public domain
Sandra Day O'Connor
Law
First woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court
Amy French
Image: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, NARA
Shirley Chisholm
Congresswoman and Presidential Nominee
First black female member of the House of Representatives and first black female
candidate to run for a major party's nomination for President of the United States
Natalie Delemeester
Photo credit: Wikipedia