Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Nicole Kidman


Nicole Kidman (1967 -     )
Australian-American actor and producer;
her many awards include 2 Primetime Emmies and 6 Golden Globes
and an Academy Award for Best Actress in The Hours (2002);
much philanthropy work for women's and children's causes.

Monday, April 14, 2025

Karen Carpenter


Karen Carpenter (1950 - 1983)
American singer and drummer;
achieved stardom in the pop duo The Carpenters;
celebrated for her distinctive three-octave contralto range;
her untimely death brought media attention to anorexia nervosa and
other eating disorders not yet widely understood.

Sunday, April 13, 2025

Sharbat Gula


Sharbat Gula (1972 -     )
Afghan refugee, child bride, widow and mother;
became internationally famous as the unidentified subject of the
1985 National Geographic cover photo Afghan Girl;
in 2002 she was identified, located, photographed
a second time, and financially compensated by National Geographic;
a refugee from the Soviet-Afghan War, she lived in Pakistan
from early 1980s to 2016, was deported to Afghanistan in 2017,
and granted asylum in Italy in 2021.

Saturday, April 12, 2025

Hillary Rodham Clinton


Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947 -     )
American politician, lawyer and diplomat;
served as Secretary of State in the Obama administration (2009-2013), 
Senator for New York (2001-2009),
and First Lady of the United States (1993-2001);
Democratic nominee for President in 2016;
first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party
and the only woman to win the popular vote for U.S. president.

Friday, April 11, 2025

Jean Butler


Jean Butler (1971 -     )
American stepdancer, Irish dancer, choreographer, and actor;
originator of the principal female role in the Irish dance
theatrical production and international sensation, Riverdance (1994-1997).

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Serena Williams


Serena Williams (1981 -     )
American former professional tennis star;
holder of 39 major titles — 23 in singles,
14 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles;
winner of Olympic singles gold at the 2012 London Olympics;
with her sister Venus, winner of 3 Olympic gold medals
in women's doubles (2000, 2008, and 2012)
regarded as one of the best female tennis players of all time;
involved in many business interests, including fashion.

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Venus Williams


Venus Williams (1980 -     )
American inactive professional tennis star;
holder of 73 major titles — 49 in singles,
22 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles;
winner of Olympic singles gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics;
with her sister Serena, winner of 3 Olympic gold medals
in women's doubles (2000, 2008, and 2012);
winner of 2 Olympic silver medals in mixed doubles (2015 and 2016;
leader of the successful fight for equal prize money at Wimbledon;
regarded as one of the best female tennis players of all time;
involved in many business interests, including fashion.

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Peach Momoko


Peach Momoko
Japanese comic book artist and writer;
exclusively under contract with Marvel Comics
to produce comics for Momoko-verse and Ultimate X-Men.

Monday, April 7, 2025

Colette


Colette (1873 - 1954)
French author, woman of letters, actor, journalist;
best known novels include the Claudine novels (1900-1903),
La Vagabonde (1910), Chéri (1920) and Gigi (1944);
infamous for her sexually liberated lifestyle with women and younger men.

Sunday, April 6, 2025

Sissy Spacek


Sissy Spacek (1949 -     )
American actor;
winner of an Oscar and a Golden Globe 
as Best Actress for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

Saturday, April 5, 2025

Starhawk


Starhawk (1951 -     )
American writer who is a leading theorist of
feminist neopaganism and ecofeminism;
activist for social, economic and environmental justice;
author of The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the
Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess (1979).

Friday, April 4, 2025

Lizzo


Lizzo (1988 -     )
American singer, rapper, musician, actor, reality TV host;
awards include 4 Grammies and a Primetime Emmy;
Time magazine's 2019 "Entertainer of the Year;"
Lizzo will portray Sister Rosetta Tharpe in
an upcoming biopic by Amazon MGM Studios.

Thursday, April 3, 2025

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).

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

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).

Monday, March 31, 2025

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).

Sunday, March 30, 2025

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.

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak


Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak (1982 or 1983 -     )
Canadian First Nations politician,
current Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations

Friday, March 28, 2025

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)

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Katie Simpson


Katie Simpson (19?? -     )
Canadian journalist,
currently foreign correspondent for
CBC News based in Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Zora Neale Hurston


Zora Neale Hurston (1891 - 1960)
American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker;
a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s;
her most famous novel is Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937).

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Janice Joplin


Janice Joplin (1943 - 1970)
American singer-songwriter and performer
in psychedelic rock, blues rock, soul and blues genres;
lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company
and also a solo artist.

Monday, March 24, 2025

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez


Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (1989 -     )
American progressive politician and activist;
elected since 2019 as the Democratic member
of Congress for New York's 14th District;
affiliated with Democratic Socialists of America

Sunday, March 23, 2025

Millie Bobby Brown


Millie Bobby Brown (2004 -     )
British actor best known for
portraying "Eleven" in Netflix's
sci-fi series Stranger Things (2016 -     ).

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Margaret Laurence


Margaret Laurence (1926 - 1987)
Canadian novelist and short story writer;
a key figures in Canadian literature;
winner of two Governor-General's Awards;
best known novels include The Stone Angel and The Diviners.

Friday, March 21, 2025

Bernice Johnson Reagon


Bernice Johnson Reagon (1942 - 2024)
American song leader, composer, professor of American history,
curator at the Smithsonian, and social activist;
founding member of the Freedom Singers (1960s) and
founder of the all-black female a cappella ensemble 
Sweet Honey in the Rock (1973).

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Lise Meitner


Lise Meitner (1878 - 1968)
Austrian-Swedish physicist;
one of the scientists instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission;
driven from her university positions in Germany
by Nazi Germany's Nuremberg Laws against Jews;
nominated 49 times for a Nobel Prize but was excluded
from the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for nuclear fission.

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Brandi Carlile


Brandi Carlile (1981 -     )
American singer-songwriter and producer;
activist and fundraisser for many social causes
through her Looking Out Foundation;
recipient of 11 Grammy Awards and 2 Emmy Awards.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Sarah McBride


Sarah McBride (1990 -     )
American longtime political and trans activist;
first openly transgender member of the United States Congress (1925).

Monday, March 17, 2025

Leslie Uggams


Leslie Uggams (1943 -     )
American actor and singer;
recipient of Tony Award for
Best Actress in a Musical (1968);
currently winning new fans as
"Blind Al" in the Deadpool franchise.

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Laura Secord


Laura Secord (1775 - 1868)
United Empire Loyalist farm woman of Queenston, Ontario, Canada;
During the War of 1812 with the USA, while her region was
under invading American occupation, she learned of enemy plans to attack,
so under cover of darkness, she walked 32 km (20 miles) through
woods and swamps to warn the British forces defending Canada.

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Dame Joanna Lumley


Dame Joanna Lumley (1946 -     )
British actor, author, TV producer, and
activist in human rights and animal welfare;
recipient of 2 BAFTA TV Awards for her role as
Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012).

Friday, March 14, 2025

Anna Sawai


Anna Sawai (1992 -     )
New Zealand-Japanese actor and singer;
Star of the historical drama series Shōgun (2024),
for which she has received Primetime Emmy,
Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards. 

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Louise Bourgeois


Louise Bourgeois (1911 - 2010)
French-American artist of sculpture, 
installation art, painting and printmaking;
Known for abstract expressionism,
surrealism and feminism in her art;
One of her best-known sculptures is
of a pregnant spider entitled Maman (1999),
here pictured at the National Gallery of Canada.

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Grace Hopper


Grace Hopper (1906 - 1992)
American computer scientist, mathematician, and
United States Navy Rear Admiral;
a pioneer of computer programming, she devised the theory of
machine-independent programming languages, and created
FLOW-MATIC and COBOL;
writer of the world's first computer manual.

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Rosa Parks


Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005)
American seamstress, secretary and 
activist in the civil rights movement; 
her 1955 arrest in Montgomery, AL, for
refusing to move to the back of a bus was a
pivotal act of anti-segregation resistance;
subsequent recipient of many honours including
the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Monday, March 10, 2025

Zuleyka Silver


Zuleyka Silver (1991 -     )
Mexican-American actor and model;
Currently portraying Audra Charles on
The Young and the Restless

Sunday, March 9, 2025

Mélanie Joly


Mélanie Joly (1979 -     )
Canadian lawyer and Liberal Member of Parliament;
Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Trudeau government;
currently providing outstanding service on behalf of Canada
concerning the Tariff Trade War with the USA
and the Russian war on Ukraine.

Friday, March 7, 2025

Olena Zelenska


Olena Zelenska (1978 -     )
Ukrainian screenwriter and current First Lady of Ukraine;
Humanitarian activist on behalf of the Ukrainian people,
particularly orphans, children, the elderly and disabled.

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Roberta Flack


Roberta Flack (1937 - 2025)
American singer and pianist;
Best-known chart-topping singles include:
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
and Killing Me Softly with His Song.