An award-winning singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, activist, and philanthropist.
Category: Music, Arts, Theater & Cinema.
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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. -
MC Lyte, 1970
A pioneer female rapper who accomplished many firsts, and the co-founder of Hip Hop Sisters Foundation.
Category: Music. -
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, 1971-1995
Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and fashion designer. Known as the Queen of Tejano music.
Category: Music. -
Coretta Scott King, 1927-2006
A civil and equal rights leader, women’s rights activist, musician, and the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Category: Activism & Feminism, Politics & Leaders, Music, Literature & Poetry. -
Taylor Swift, 1989
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, one of the best-selling music artists of all time, philanthropist and gender equality activist.
Category: Music, Activism & Feminism, Business & Entrepreneurship. -
Billie Holiday, 1915-1959
One of the most influential jazz vocalists of all time.
Category: Music. -
Dolly Parton, 1946
Country music singer-songwriter, producer, actress, businesswoman, philanthropist, and author. The most honored female country performer of all time.
Category: Music, Theater & Cinema, Media. -
Lula C. Naff, 1875-1960
The legendary manager of the Ryman Auditorium, the largest music venue in Nashville, TN, and the first woman to hold this position.
Category: Music, Business & Entrepreneurship. -
Lillian Nordica, 1857-1914
A famous opera singer and suffragist, the first American woman to achieve international recognition during the “Golden Age” of Opera.
Category: Music, Activism & Feminism.