Margaret Hilda Thatcher (1925 – 2013) was a British stateswoman. A very controversial political figure, she is the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Conservative Party. Chemistry studies Daughter of Beatrice and Alfred Roberts, seamstress and grocer res
Norma Jeane Baker (1926 – 1962), better known as Marilyn Monroe, was a legendary American actress and singer. Both his life and his death remain the subject of great fascination. Early career on magazine covers Daughter of Gladys Pearl Monroe and an unknown father, Norma Jeane Baker was born on
Amelia Mary Earhart (1897 – 1937) was an American aviation pioneer. She is the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by plane. His disappearance at sea remains an unsolved mystery to this day. Nursing training Daughter of Amelia Amy Otis Earhart and Samuel Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Earhart
Gabrielle Chanel known as Coco Chanel (1883 – 1971) was a French designer, creator of the famous Maison Chanel. Coconut Daughter of Jeanne Devolle and Albert Chanel, Gabrielle was born on August 19, 1883 in Saumur, second of three sisters . His mother died of tuberculosis when she was twelve years
Aung San Suu Kyi (born 1945) is a Burmese politician. An emblematic figure of the opposition to the dictatorship in place, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 2016-2017, her attitude towards the crimes and persecutions committed against the Muslim minority of the Rohingyas in Burma was
Édith Campion, who became through marriage Édith Cresson (born in 1934) is a French politician. Head of government from May 15, 1991 to April 2, 1992, she is the only woman to have been Prime Minister of France. Daughter of Gabriel Campion, a finance inspector oriented to the political left, Edit
Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) was a French feminist, philosopher and woman of letters. An important figure in feminism, she participated in the womens liberation movement in the 1970s. Childhood and studies Born January 9, 1908 in Paris, Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir is the da
Edurne Pasaban is a Spanish mountaineer. She is considered the first woman to have conquered the 14 peaks over 8,000 meters, a feat achieved to date by only a few dozen climbers. Passion for mountaineering Edurne Pasaban was born on August 1, 1973 in Tolosa, northern Spain. At the age of 14, she s
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born in 1937), is the first woman in history to have made a journey into space, and the only woman to have made this journey alone. Selected by Nikita Khrushchev Valentina Tereshkova was born on March 6, 1937, in Maslennikovo, Russia, to a farmer father and a mot
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (1899 – 1938), French tennis player nicknamed the Divine, was the first international female tennis star. One of the main courts of the Roland Garros stadium bears his name. First tennis championships Daughter of Anaïse Dhainault and Charles Servais Adolphe Lenglen, Su
Icon of the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005) distinguished herself by refusing her seat to a white man on a bus. Beyond this action, she was heavily involved in the civil rights movement. A childhood marked by racism and segregation Daughter of Leona and James McCauley, respectively
Aimée-Marie Éléonore Lallement (1898-1988) was a socialist and feminist activist and was also a world champion in track and field events. She was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations for saving a boy during World War II. Olympic Games for women Aimée Lallement was born on August 16, 18
Zhang Shan is a former Olympic shooting champion. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the mixed event, an event subsequently suppressed. Zhang Shan was born on March 23, 1968 in Nanchong, Sichuan Province. As a teenager, she began to train in shooting and joined the Sichuan shoo
Alice Guy Blaché (1873 – 1968), French filmmaker, was the first female director in the history of cinema, with The cabbage fairy filmed in 1896. The cabbage fairy Fifth child of Marie Clotilde Franceline Aubert and Emile Guy, owners of a chain of bookstores in Chile, Alice was born in Paris in 18
A member of the famous Pinkerton agency, Kate Warne (1833 – 1868) was the first female private detective. She was instrumental in thwarting Baltimores possible plot against President Lincoln. The Pinkerton Agency We know very little about the existence of Kate Warne, before she became a private d
Wu Zao (1799 – 1862 or 1863) is one of the best-known female poets of the Qing dynasty era in China. Poetess and playwright Few elements of Wu Zaos life have come down to us. She was born in Renhe (now Hangzhou), on the Chinese coast, during the Qing dynasty. Daughter of a merchant, she was later
Queen of Tahiti, Pōmare IV or Pomare the Great (1813 – 1877) reigned for fifty years. She sees the arrival of the British and then the French, against whom she strives to fight. Contacts with Europeans Daughter of Princess Teriitaria Tamatoa, herself daughter of Tamatoa III, King of Raiatea, and
Feminist and anti-colonialist activist, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872 – 1945) founded the first women’s organization in India in 1910, with the primary objective of promoting girls’ education. Daughter from a family of intellectuals Born September 9, 1872 in Jorasanko, a wealthy neighborhood nort
The “Queen of Voodoo”, Marie Laveau (1801 – 1881), officiated in New Orleans at 19e century; she is known as one of the most famous priestesses in the history of voodoo. Born free in a slave state Born free in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 10, 1801, Marie Laveau was the daughter of Margueri
A member of the Tagish people, Shaaw Tláa, also known as Kate Carmack (circa 1857 – 1920), was part of an expedition that discovered large quantities of gold in Canada. For a long time she will not be credited with the discovery. Young widow Born in Carcross in the Yukon in northern Canada, Shaaw
Dolores Ibarruri Gómez , known as La Pasionaria (1895 – 1989), was an activist, a politician and an emblematic figure of the Spanish Civil War. She is known for her famous slogan ¡No Pasarán!, used by the Republicans against the Nationalists. A broken vocation Eighth of eleven children, Dolores Ib
Rosalind Elsie Franklin (1920 – 1958) was a British molecular biologist who helped discover the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Chemistry studies Daughter of Muriel Frances Waley and Arthur Ellis Franklin, Rosalind was born on July 25, 1920 in Notting Hill (London ) in a very influential
Maria Skłodowska-Curie Maria Skłodowska-Curie (1867-1934) - Polish physicist and chemist. In 1898, she discovered two new chemical elements:polonium and radium. In 1903 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics and in 1911 in Chemistry. From 1906, she headed the chair of physics at the Sorbonne
Son of Charlemagne, Louis the Pious became king of Aquitaine at the age of three and, in 813, his father crowned him emperor. Close to the papacy, defender of Christianity, Louis the Pious, who inherited an immense empire, undertook a Reform of the Church (816-819) and continued the artistic Renaiss