Fashion publicist, the founder of New York Fashion Week, and the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Known as the “Empress of Seventh Avenue.”
Category: Fashion & Beauty, Business & Entrepreneurship.
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Anna Wintour, 1949
The legendary editor in chief of Vogue magazine; one of the most powerful fashion industry figures.
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Mae Reeves, 1912-2016
A pioneering milliner, famous for her custom-made hats, and one of the first African-American women to own a business in downtown Philadelphia.
Category: Business & Entrepreneurship, Fashion & Beauty. -
Kim Kardashian, 1980
A media personality, socialite, actress, and businesswoman.
Category: Media, Business & Entrepreneurship, Fashion & Beauty. -
Madonna, 1958
Best-selling musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress. Famous for her contribution to women’s sexual liberation in pop culture.
Category: Music, Theater & Cinema, Business & Entrepreneurship, Fashion & Beauty, Philanthropy. -
Janet Yellen, 1946
An American economist and the first woman to serve as the Chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018, and the first woman Secretary of the Treasury.
Category: Business & Entrepreneurship, Economics & Finance, Academy & Education. -
Frances Roth, 1896-1971
A lawyer and the first woman to be admitted to the Connecticut Bar Association. The co-founder and director of the Culinary Institute of America.
Category: Business & Entrepreneurship, Culinary, Law. -
Eliza Lucas Pinckney, 1722-1793
A businesswoman and plantation owner in South Carolina, who cultivate indigo, making it the second cash crop export of the colony.
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Gwynne Shotwell, 1963
Businesswoman and engineer, the President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX.
Category: Science & Technology, Business & Entrepreneurship. -
Leona Chalmers, early 1900s
An actress, an author, and the inventor of the modern menstrual cup.
Category: Business & Entrepreneurship.