Philadelphia philanthropist Rebecca Gratz was the inspiration for Rebecca in this Sir Walter Scott novel

This Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer was the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary

This relative of a famed film director began choreographing for the Ballet Theatre before it was American

NPR legal eagle Nina Totenberg reported on this woman's story helping reopen the Clarence Thomas hearings

Dateline Argonia Kan. 1887--Susanna Salter is elected the USA's first female one of these

This Indian prime minister was the daughter of a prime minister & the mother of a prime minister

In the 1960s she made the first recorded observations of chimpanzees eating meat & making & using tools

In the mid-'60s she starred in Ingmar Bergman's Persona & gave birth to his daughter Linn

Virginia Gildersleeve named dean of this school in 1911 by the president of Columbia U. served 36 years

Sarah Weddington was the attorney who successfully argued this landmark Supreme Court case in 1973

The eminent British archaeologist Dorothy Garrod was the first female professor at this British university

After earning a law degree from Trinity College Mary Robinson became the first woman president of this nation

In 1999 Nancy Mace became the first female graduate of this South Carolina Military Academy

A former actress & prostitute Theodora was a 6th century co-ruler of this empire with her husband Justinian

Bertha von Suttner the 2nd woman to win one of these was the 1st woman to win in the Peace category

Clara Schumann taught this musical instrument at Frankfurt's Hoch Conservatory

Born in Sebring Ohio she was the loyal secretary to Richard Nixon

On May 3 1933 this first woman governor of Wyoming became the first woman director of the U.S. Mint

The last Englishwoman to win Wimbledon's women's singles she won in 1977

In 1994 a Liberty ship was named in honor of this Underground Railroad leader

Dorothy Hansine Andersen identified this disease abbreviated CF & devised a test to diagnose it

Reaching for the stars in 1865 Maria Mitchell became Vassar's first professor of this science

While living in Europe she was asked to help introduce the Red Cross to America & she did

Grace Hopper was perhaps best-known for co-developing this computer language used in business

This famous 18th century seamstress was a flagmaker for the Pennsylvania navy