Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915 - 1973)

American singer (gospel, rhythm-and-blues,

rock-and-roll), songwriter and electric guitar pioneer;

known as "the original soul sister" and 

"the Godmother of rock and roll;"

posthumous inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

as an "Early Influence" (2018).

Tate McRae

Tate McRae (2003 -     )

Canadian dancer and singer-songwriter

Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers (1933 - 2014)

American comedian, actor, producer, writer, and television host;

a pioneer of women in comedy;

recipient of an Emmy and a Grammy;

inductee of the Television Academy Hall of Fame (2017).

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston (1963 - 2012)

American singer, actor, film producer and philanthropist;

one of the best-selling music artists of all time;

winner of numerous accolades,

including 2 Emmy Awards and 8 Grammy Awards

(with 2 Grammy Hall of Fame honours).

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr (1914 - 2000)

Austrian-born American actor and avid inventor;

1940s Hollywood bombshell beauty and movie star at MGM Studio;

in World War II, a pioneer of frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology,

(a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes designed

to defeat the threat of radio jamming by the Axis);

posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.

Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak

Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak (1982 or 1983 -     )

Canadian First Nations politician,

current Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations

Dame Carol Ann Duffy

Dame Carol Ann Duffy (1955 -     )

Scottish poet, playwright and professor;

first woman, first Scottish-born person and

first openly lesbian poet to be appointed

Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom (2009-2019)