Azucena Villaflor, Argentina, Social Activist

Leila Lombardi, Italy, Racing Driver

Clara Campoamor, Spain, Politician and Feminist

Nawal El Saadawi, Egypt, Feminist writer

La Pola, Colombia, Heroine

Fatima Lodhi, Pakistan, Social Activist

Dolly Parton, America, Singer-songwriter

Qiu Jin, China, Feminist

Hypatia, Greece, Mathematician

Aura Lolita Chavez, Guatemala, Indigenous Activist

Nora Ephron, America, Writer and filmmaker

Sophia Duleep Singh, England, Suffragette

Ada Lovelace, England, Mathematician

Lesya Ukrainka, Ukraine, Writer

Niloufar Ardalan, Iran, Football player

Nellie Bly, America, Journalist

Nina Simone, America, Singer songwriter

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, France, Virologist

Juana Ines de la Cruz, Spain, Scholar

Queen Lili’uokalani, Hawaii, Monarch

Edmonia Lewis, America, Sculptor

Amelia Earhart, America, Aviator

Naoko Takeuchi, Japan, Manga Artist

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, America, Abolitionist and Suffragist

San Mao Echo Chan, Taiwan, Novelist

Laura Bassi, Italy, Physicist

Emmeline Pankhurst, England, Suffragette

Maria Tallchief, Native American, Ballerina

Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italy, Neurobiologist

Mary Robinson, Ireland, Politician

Mary Anning, England, Palaeontologist

Zandra Rhodes, Fashion Designer

Oprah Winfrey, America, Talk show host and producer

Mae C Jeminson, America, Astronaut

Montserrat Caballi, Spain, Opera singer

Raden Ajeng Kartini, Indonesia, Activist

Nannie Helen Burroughs, America, Educator and Activist

Lola Mora, Argentina, Sculptor

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, America, Justice

Gloria Steinem, America, Activist and feminist

Grace Jones, Jamaica, Singer

Emily Dickinson, America, Poet

Sojourner Truth, America, Abolitionist and activist

Kate Bush, England, Singer-songwriter

Sophie Scholl, Germany, Anti-nazi activist

Yayoi Kusama, Japan, Artist

Anna Karima, Bulgaria, Writer and activist

Homai Vyarawalla, India, Photojournalist

Elsa Brardstrom, Sweden, Nurse and philanthropist

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-British, Actress and humanitarian

Rachel Carson, America, Marine biologist

Marie Curie, Poland, Physicist and chemist

Ida B Wells, America, Journalist and feminist

Janis Joplin, America, Rock singer

Lina Stern, Russia, Biochemist and physiologist

Mary Shelley, England, Writer

Helen Keller, America, Writer and activist

Serena Williams, America, Tennis player

Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Guatemala, Indigenous feminist

Flora MacDonald, Scotland, Heroine

Kishida Toshiko, Japan, Feminist

Marie Maynard Daly, America, Biochemist

Ashol-Pan, Mongolia, Eagle huntress

Dorothy Pitman Hughes, America, Feminist and activist

Elizabeth Peratrovich, Native Alaskan, Civil rights activist

Florence Nightingale, England, Nurse and social reformer

Mary Seacole, England, Nurse

Maya Angelou, America, Poet and activist

Jane Goodall, England, Primatologist

Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Activist

Rosa Parks, America, Activist

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, Nepal, Mountaineer

Wang Zhen Yi, China, Scientist

Tove Jansson, Finland, Novelist and illustrator

Josephine Baker, France, Entertainer and activist

Wilma Mankiller, Native American, Organiser and Chief

Grace Lee Boggs, America, Social activist

Carrie Fisher, America, Actress

Hedy Lamarr, Austria, Actress and inventor

Celia Cruz, Cuba, Singer

Michelle Obama, America, Former First Lady

Joan of Arc, France, Martyr and military leader

Trisha Brown, America, Choreographer and dancer

Beatrix Potter, England, Writer and illustrator

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan, Activist

Anne Frank, Germany, Diarist

Bjork, Iceland, Singer and producer

Wu Mei, China, Martial artist

Rebecca Lolosoli, Kenya, Matriarch

Charlotte Cooper, England, Tennis player

Louise Aldrich Blake, England, Surgeon

Truganini, Australia, Aboriginal Tasmanian

Asima Chatterjee, India, Scientist

Dervla Murphy, Ireland, Travel writer

Maria Konopnicka, Poland, Poet and activist

Amalia Rodrigues, Portugal, Fado singer