Famous women 45 words

United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003)

first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937)

wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)

United States sharpshooter who was featured in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (1860-1926)

United States blues singer (1894-1937)

American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)

United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)

United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954)

beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)

wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)

United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902)

muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)

Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)

United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886)

English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)

United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)

United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913)

United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months; Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak; Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968)

daughter of Nehru who served as prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984)

United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937)

English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934)

French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431)

United States novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888)

United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)

United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)

United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972)

United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)

United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925)

United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993)

French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934)

heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1832)

United States educator who worked to improve race relations and educational opportunities for Black Americans (1875-1955)

heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1832)

Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-centered approach (1870-1952)

Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)

muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)

United States singer (1918-1990)

a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617)

United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)

United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)

the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way

United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990)

popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)

United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)

United States suffragist (1820-1906)