Maya Angelou
The award-winning author and poet is best-known for her 1969 autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Sally Ride
In 1983, the NASA astronaut became the first American woman to go to space. She spent six days on the space shuttle Challenger.
Anna May Wong
Considered the first Chinese American movie star, she starred in more than 60 films, plays, and TV and radio shows between the 1920s and the 1960s.
Wilma Mankiller
In 1985, this activist was elected the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Adelina Otero-Warren
A strong leader in the fight for voting rights for women, she went on to become the first Hispanic woman to run for Congress, in 1922.