'famous women' yielded 34 matches.

Showing matches 1 to 20:

1. Corazon Aquino Corazon Aquino was the first woman president of the Philippines and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. She served as the president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 after her bloodless "People Power" revolution led to the ouster of former rule...
2. Isabel Peron In 1974, Isabel Person of Argentina became not only the youngest Latin American head of state, but the first woman ever to be elected president anywhere in the world.
3. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo In 2001, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo became the second woman to be swept into the Philippine Presidency by a peaceful People Power revolution. She was re-elected in 2004, winning with one million votes over her closest opponent.
4. Susans are Great!! When I was a teenager, I wanted so badly for my name to be anything but Susan. I dreamed of being named something more romantic or exotic. I've come to embrace my "Susan-ness" over the years and am proud to share my name with some truly ama...
5. Sally Ride In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. She was a mission specialist on the Challenger, the seventh space shuttle flight. She embarked on this career in 1977 and was one of the six women selected for a group of 35 new astronauts...
6. Portia Simpson Miller Portia Simpson Miller stepped into the history books in 2006 when she became Jamaica's first woman prime minister, serving from March 2006 to September 2007. In 2006, Forbes Magazine ranked her #89 on their list of the world's 100 most powerful women...
7. Susan Butcher Neither cold, nor snow, nor miles of empty space could stop Susan Butcher and her dog sled team. She sled to fame by becoming only the second woman to win the Iditarod and the first person to win in four out of five sequential years. She was also the...
8. Wise Women of the World Wise Women know they are the power in their lives and that they have the ability to achieve any goal they desire. Wise Women deserve respect and attention for who they are and who they inspire others to be.
9. Michelle Obama Michelle Robinson Obama is a lawyer, mom and the wife of President Barack Obama. The couple has been married since 1992 and has two children.
10. Kalpana Chawla Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-American woman in space and the first Indian-American to fly the space shuttle. She was one of seven astronauts killed in 2003 when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere.
11. Deborah Meaden - Common Sense Rules Deborah Meaden is the only female "dragon" on the popular BBC TV series "Dragons' Den". Renowned for her straight talking approach to would-be entrepreneurs, Deborah Meaden is an extremely successful businesswoman herself. D...
12. Melissa Etheridge Melissa Etheridge is many things - an accomplished singer-songwriter, a Grammy and Oscar winner, a gay activist, a lesbian mom, and a breast cancer survivor. Her music is a reflection of her life and our times. Life, love and politics...
13. Indira Gandhi Indira Gandhi was India's first female prime minister and part of a family political dynasty that included her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, her son, Rajiv Gandhi and her daugher-in-law, Sonia Gandhi. She served four terms before being assassinated.
14. Golda Meir Golda Meir was the first (and, so far, only) woman prime minister to lead Israel and only the third woman in the world to hold the post in any country. She became PM in 1969, but resigned from the office in 1974 over discontent over her handling of t...
15. Famous Women through History I am making this lens to highlight various famous women thoughout history. I hope you are inspired too. Right now I have sections on Harriet Beecher Stowe, Florence Nightingale, Lucy Stone and Abigail Adams.
16. Doctor Virginia Apgar Virginia Apgar (1909 - 1974), was a brilliant physician and humanitarian. She is best known for her development of the Apgar Score in 1952, a system to determine whether a newborn infant needs special attention to stay alive. Newborn Testing In most...
17. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell- 1st American Woman Physician In 1849, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (1821 - 1910) was the first woman to receive an M.D. degree from an American medical school. Elizabeth Blackwell said she turned to medicine after a close friend who was dying suggested she would have been spared her...
18. Dian Fossey Dian Fossey devoted her life to studying the mountain gorillas of Virunga National Park in Rwanda. She was an outspoken advocate of the gorillas, a value that may have cost her life. She was murdered in 1985, but the movie "Gorillas in the Mist&...
19. Jackie (Jacqueline) Cochran During her aviation career, Jackie Cochran set more speed and altitude records than any of her contemporaries, male or female. In 1953, she flew past Mach 1 in an F-86 Sabre, becoming the first woman to break the sound barrier.
20. Sylvia Earle Sylvia Earle, often known as "Her Deepness," is a marine scientist, author, and former chief of the NOAA who holds the record for walking untethered on the sea floor at a lower depth than any other person. She has also been recognized by th...