Women's History Month

This woman wrote the first "computer program" in 1852 by making a steam powered machine that could automatically add and subtract numbers

• Ann Makosinski

• Ada Lovelace

• Mary Kom

• Lozen

This woman escaped war from her village in Sudan and eventually became a supermodel

• Nina Simone

• Julia Child

• Evita Peron

• Alek Wek

She was the first woman to compete in the Giro d'Italia - the Italian version of the Tour de France

• Alfonsina Strada

• Astrid Lindgren

• Coy Mathis

• Nancy Wake

This woman danced ballet while half blind

• Marie Curie

• Harriet Tubman

• Alicia Alonso

• Margaret Thatcher

She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean

• Amelia Earhart

• Nellie Bly

• Maya Babeira

• Ashley Fiolek

This was the first Muslim woman to compete in weightlifting

• Yoko Ono

• Simone Biles

• Grace O'Malley

• Amna Al Haddad

At the age of 15, this woman invented the Hollow Flashlight - a flashlight that runs on body heat rather than batteries

• Jane Goodall

• Ada Lovelace

• Melba Liston

• Ann Makosinski

Despite being deaf, this woman has won four national titles in motocross

• Cora Coralina

• Ashley Fiolek

• Misty Copeland

• Joan Jett

Even though she was locked in her home under house arrest for 21 years, this woman was able to spread messages of peace against the dictator of Burma

• Aung San Suu Kyi

• Kate Sheppard

• Jill Tarter

• Maria Callas

This woman helped to create Princess Merida from Disney's Brave - one of the first princesses that wasn't "helpless"

• Sonita Alizadeh

• Brenda Chapman

• Wilma Rudolph

• Alek Wek