From the Book - First edition.
Ada Lovelace, mathematician -- Alek Wek, supermodel -- Alfonsina Strada, cyclist -- Alicia Alonso, ballerina -- Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President and scientist -- Ameilia 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 Ky, politician -- Balkissa Chaibou, activist -- Brenda Chapman, Director -- The Bront©± sisters, writers -- Catherine the Great, empress -- Cholita Climbers, mountaineers -- Claudia Ruggerini, partisan -- Cleopatra, Pharaoh -- Coco Chanel, fashion designer -- Cora Coralina, poet and baker -- Coy Mathis, elementary school student -- Elizabeth I, Queen -- Eufrosina Cruz, activist and politician -- Evita Per©đn, politician -- Fadumo Dayib, politician -- Florence Nightingale, nurse -- Frida Kahlo, painter -- Grace Hopper, computer scientist -- Grace O'Malley, pirate -- Harriet Tubman, Freedom Fighter -- Hatshepsut, Pharaoh -- Helen Keller, activist -- Hillary Clinton, presidential candidate -- Hypatia, mathematician and philosopher -- Irena Senderowa, war hero -- Isabel Allende, writer -- Jacquotte Delahaye, pirate -- Jane Austin, writer -- Jane Goodall, primatologist -- Jessica Watson, sailor -- Jill Tarter, astronomer -- Jing, Empress -- Joan Jett, rock star -- Julia Child, chef -- Kate Sheppard, suffragette -- Lakshmi Bai, queen and warrior -- Lella Lombardi, Formula One racer -- Lozen, warrior -- 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