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Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first compiler related tools. She popularized the idea of machine-independent programming languages, which led to the development of COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today.
Susan Kare is an artist and graphic designer who created many of the interface elements and typefaces for the Apple Macintosh in the 1980s. She was also Creative Director at NeXT, the company formed by Steve Jobs after he left Apple in 1985.
Dr. Ellen Ochoa is a former Hispanic astronaut, the current Director of the Johnson Space Centre, and a pioneer of spacecraft technology. She also developed a computer system designed for aeronautical expeditions at NASA’s Ames Research Centre.
Carol Shaw became the world’s first female professional video game designer. She created River Raid, a title almost universally regarded as a masterpiece of game design for the Atari 2600 console.
Ada Lovelace is a mathematician who become the first computer programmer working aside Charles Babbages making the oldest programming language, Ada. It was named after her since she was intelligent and had great writing skills.
Serena Williams is a seven-time Wimbledon singles champion, six-time US Open singles champions, and three-time Olympics doubles gold medalist. She became the second African-American woman to win a Grand Slam title by winning the 1999 US Open.
Wilma Rudolph is the first American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympics. She won the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year award in 1961.
Billie Jean King is a great American tennis who broke down barriers by pushing for equal prize money for women and becoming one of the first well-known openly gay athletes.
Ann Meyers Drysdale is a major figure in the history of women's basketball and sports journalism. She won a silver medal in the Olympics 1976. She was also the only woman to sign a contract with a National Basketball Association team, the Indiana Pacers.
Jackie Mitchell is a women baseball player who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The president and owner of the Chattanooga Lookouts offered her a contract to play for the entire 1931 season.
Elizabeth Warren is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts. On November 6, 2012, she became the first female U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. She proposed and led the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Abigail Adams is the wife, confidante, and adviser of President John Adams. She opposed slavery and pushed for women’s rights and education.
Jeannette Rankin is a Montana politician who made history in 1916 as the first woman ever elected to the United States Congress. She was also the only member of Congress to cast a vote against participation in both world wars.
Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties. She was the first black woman and second woman ever to serve on the powerful House Rules Committee.
Victoria Woodhull was a leader of the women's suffrage movement. She was the first woman candidate for the United States presidency, which she ran for in 1872 for the Equal Rights Party, supporting women's suffrage and equal rights.