In Greek myths, she was considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world.
She was the first deafblind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree.
She was a civil rights activist and a member of South Africa's Parliament who opposed apartheid.
She was the first woman elected, at a general election, as the Prime Minister of New Zealand, and was the fifth longest serving person to hold that office (from 1999 to 2008).
She was the First Lady of the U.S. from 1909 to 1913; she is best known for planting 3,020 Japanese cherry trees along the Washington Tidal Basin.
She was the secretary to Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover for 54 years.
She was nicknamed 'the First Lady of the Press', she was the first female member of the White House press corps and she worked for the United Press for 57 years.
She served as Cosmopolitan's editor-in-chief for more than 30 years.
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying Queen Elizabeth II in the 2006 film called 'The Queen'.
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1997 film called 'As Good as it Gets'.
She is best known for being one of two women to have received all four entertainment awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.
She holds the Guinness World Record for having the longest run in a single role on television (1956-2010) for playing Nancy Hughes on the soap opera called 'As the World Turns'.
She is an Indian film actress, appearing in more than 500 films and being often cited as the most popular item number dancer of her time.
She earned a solid reputation playing leading roles in American comedies in the 1940s and 1950s.
She was a popular American singer whose signature song was 'I Wanna Be Loved By You'; she is, most likely, the inspiration for the character of Betty Boop.
She is nicknamed 'the Queen of 70s Pop' and she is best known for her hit 'I Am Woman', which became an anthem for second-wave feminism.
She was an American jazz and blues singer who, along with other well-known jazz singers of the swing era, helped to shape and define the sound of vocal swing music.
She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting, exhibiting her work for over 6 decades (early 1950s until 2011).
She was the first Briton in space and the first woman to visit the Mir space station.
She was a champion tennis player in the 1920s and 1930s, winning 19 Grand Slam singles titles during her career, including 8 wins at Wimbledon.
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