Louisa May Alcott:

The author who produced the first literature for the mass market of juvenile girls in the 19th century. Her most popular book, Little Women, was just one of 270 works that she published.

Susan B. Anthony:

The 19th century women's movement's most powerful organiser. Together with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony fought for women's right to vote. She was also deeply involved in the fight against slavery and the temperance campaign to limit the use of alcohol.

Clara Barton:

Clara Barton got involved with tending to the needy when she treated injured Union soldiers on the battlefield during the Civil War. She later was the founder and first President of the American Red Cross.

Elizabeth Blackwell:

The first American woman to be awarded a medical degree by a college. She attended Geneva College in New York after she was rejected by all the major medical schools in the nation because of her sex. Elizabeth Blackwell later founded an all women's medical college to train other women physicians.

Pearl S. Buck:

With her novels about American and Asian culture, she became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Cleopatra:

Queen of Egypt and the last pharaoh. She was 17 or 18 when she became queen. Cleopatra was a shrewd politician who spoke nine languages. During her reign, Egypt became closely aligned with the Roman Empire.

Marie Curie:

This physicist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She actually won it twice and was the first woman to earn a doctorate in Europe. Her investigations led to the discovery of radioactivity as well as the element, radium.

Amelia Earhart:

The first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, Amelia Earhart opened the skies to other women. In 1937 while attempting to become the first person to fly around the world, Earhart's plane disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.

Mary Baker Eddy:

The only American woman to found a lasting American-based religion, the Church of Christ, Scientist. She worked successfully to solidify and increase the popularity of the Christian Scientist movement.

Elizabeth I:

Was the Queen of England when England became a major European power in politics, commerce, and the arts. Smart, brave, and determined to link herself to her country's fortunes, she cultivated the loyalty of her people and united the country against enemies. During her reign, the "Elizabethan Age", England changed from being a poor and isolated nation to one of the most important nations in Europe, with a powerful navy.

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