Became a symbol of the civil rights movement Parks is best known for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus

Dedicated her life to fighting for women’s suffrage. Suffragist Anthony dedicated her life’s work to getting women the right to vote. After spending

The first woman to complete the Boston Marathon as a registered runner. In 1967, Kathy Switzer became the first woman to complete the

The first African American female pilot Despite facing poverty and discrimination, Bessie Coleman became the first African American female pilot. After hearing the

The first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company. She paved the way for women in business as the first female CEO of

The first female self-made millionaire in the United States. Madam C.J. Walker created her own line of hair-care products in 1905, which led

Mathematician Katherine Johnson used her exceptional calculation skills to assess the flight paths of spacecrafts for NASA. Prior to her work in the

First Woman in Space. While working in a textile mill, Tereshkova joined a parachuting club, where she made 150 jumps. With that experience,

In 1925, she was in a bus accident that required her to have over 30 surgeries during her lifetime, but it was during