Oprah Winfrey (1954– ) Oprah Winfrey (1954– ) American talk show host and businesswoman. Oprah Winfrey was the first woman to own her own talk show. Her show and book club [...]

Rosa Parks (1913–2005) Rosa Parks (1913–2005) American civil rights activist. Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, indirectly led to some of the most significant [...]

Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965) Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965) American businesswoman. Rubinstein formed one of the world’s first cosmetic companies. Her business enterprise proved immensely successful and, later in life, she used her [...]

Millicent Fawcett (1846–1929)   Millicent Fawcett (1846–1929)  A leading suffragist and campaigner for equal rights for women. She led Britain’s biggest suffrage organization, the non-violent (NUWSS) and played a key role in [...]

Elizabeth Blackwell ( 1821–1910) Elizabeth Blackwell ( 1821–1910) Born in Britain, Blackwell was the first woman to receive a medical degree in America and the first woman to be on [...]

SUSAN B. ANTHONY (1820-1906) Most well-known women’s rights activist in history Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) American Campaigner against slavery and for the promotion of women’s and workers rights. She began [...]