Women in Media and History

Ryan Reynolds married Blake Lively, who rose to fame playing Serena van der Woodsen on the television series Gossip Girl.

In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the two protagonists fall in love, forming the basis of the famous tragedy.

The case of Jonathan Strong was the first major case that Granville Sharp took up, and it gained significant national attention, helping to launch his career as an abolitionist.

Billie Holiday, often referred to as Lady Day, was a legendary jazz singer. Her emotive and unique vocal style made her one of the most influential figures in jazz history.

Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as the first chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights. She was instrumental in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Helen Keller was a deaf and blind author and activist. She overcame significant physical challenges to become a world-renowned speaker and advocate for people with disabilities and social justice.

Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist and women's rights activist. Her famous speech, Ain't I a Woman?, delivered at the 1851 Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, challenged prevailing views on gender and race.

Edith Cavell was a British nurse during WWI. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides of the conflict and for helping Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium.

Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist who organized the UK suffragette movement. Her militant tactics and leadership were highly influential in the global fight for women's voting rights.

Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave who became a conductor on the Underground Railroad. She led dozens of enslaved people to freedom and later served as a scout and spy for the Union Army during the Civil War.

Barbara Walters was a pioneering broadcast journalist. She became the first woman to co-host a network news program, the Today show, and later became the first female co-anchor of an evening news program.

Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States who represented the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II. She became a symbol of female economic power and patriotism.

Indra Nooyi served as the CEO of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018. She was consistently ranked among the world's most powerful women by Forbes during her tenure.

Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She is the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields: physics and chemistry.

Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932, a feat that brought her international fame. While she was a pioneer in aviation, she was not the first to fly a plane or build one.