| hint | woman | lifespan |
| set in motion the montgomery bus boycott | |
| founder of birth control & planned parenthood | |
| host of a highly successful talk show; spokesperson for womens health | |
| greek poet; created the 'sapphic stanza' | |
| prime minister/leader of india | |
| first woman to fly across the atlantic ocean | |
| anti-lynching crusader, activist for racial justice | |
| abolitionist - the 'conductor' of the underground railroad | |
| founded a lasting american-based religion; christian scientist | |
| american goal medal athlete; dominated the heptathlon | |
| first american woman in space | |
| designer of the vietnam memorial in washington, dc. | |
| first woman to win the nobel prize for literature | |
| first woman in european history to be elected prime minister | |
| first lady that fought for human rights; unemployed, minorities, women | |
| physicist; first woman to win a nobel prize | |
| first woman awarded a medical degree; founded women's medical college | |