Gena Boubard

Gena Boubard

Canadian professional makeup artist and

advocate for Indigenous LGBTQIA2S+

youth empowerment and representation;

Two-Spirit Anishinaabe (they/them) from

Sagkeeng First Nation in Treaty 1 territory, Manitoba;

awarded the title of Miss Indigenous Canada 2025.

Dame Cleo Laine

Dame Cleo Laine (1927 - 2025)

English jazz singer and musical theatre star known for her scat singing;

her international recording career also involved collaborating with

many of the pre-eminent singers and musicians of her time;

her many awards and honours included being made a

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1997).

Nichola Goddard

Nichola Goddard (1980 - 2006)

Canadian soldier and captain in the

1st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery,

served with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

in Canadian operations in the Afghanistan War;

first Canadian female combat soldier to be

killed in action on the front lines;

posthumously awarded the General Campaign Star,

Meritorious Service Medal, and Sacrifice Medal.

Dame Pat Barker

Dame Pat Barker (1943 -     )

English writer and novelist;

her multi-award winning fiction often centres on

themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery,

often in the context of war and oppression;

her famous Regeneration Trilogy (1991-1995)

deals with the trauma of World War I, while

her latest Trojan War Trilogy (2018-2024)

retells Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, but from

the perspective of the women involved in those myths.

Angélique Kidjo

Angélique Kidjo (1960 -     )

Beninese-French singer-songwriter, actor, and activist;

fluent in 5 languages (French, English, Fon, Yoruba, and Gen),

she sings in all of them, often using Benin's traditional

Zilin vocal technique and vocalese;

she has released many albums, performed around the world,

and frequently collaborated with other artists;

winner of 5 Grammy Awards and the Polar Music Prize;

her activism covers many causes, particularly the

education and empowerment of girls and women in Africa.

Frances Featherstone

Frances Featherstone

English contemporary artist who works primarily in oils;

trained at the University of the West of England in Bristol (first-class degree);

worked for several years a Senior Designer for the BBC;

now exhibits her award-winning art internationally;

latest award is the Maire Ragnhild Hollingsworth Prize for Oil Painting

for her painting Motherly Loves, currently being exhibited at

The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2025, London, England.

Motherly Loves

Motherly Loves by Frances Featherstone, 

currently on exhibition at The Royal Academy of Arts

Summer Exhibition 2025, London, England

Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 - 1797)

English writer and philosopher best known for

her advocacy of women's rights;

foremother of feminist thought;

author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792);

married to philosopher William Godwin, one of the

forefathers of the anarchist movement; 

she died after giving birth to their daughter, Mary, who

grew up to be Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.

Agnes Moorhead

Agnes Moorhead (1900 - 1974)

American actor in radio, stage, film, and television;

one of the principal performers in

Orson Welles' Mercury Players (1937 - 1946);

had notable roles in films such as Citizen Kane (1941),

Show Boat (1951), Johnny Belinda (1948), and

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964);

she gained acclaim for her role as Endora

on the sitcom Bewitched (1964 -1972);

recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award, 

two Golden Globe Awards, and 

four nominations for Academy Awards.

Eartha Kitt

Eartha Kitt (1927 - 2008)

American singer and actor known for

her distinctive vocal style and sultry screen presence;

has reached icon status due to her song Santa Baby (1953)

and her television portrayal of Catwoman (1967);

an activist in many human rights and civil rights causes.

Rosie O'Donnell

Rosie O'Donnell (1962 -     )

American talk show host, comedian, and actor;

after a series of TV and film roles, she hosted the

daytime talk show The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996 - 2002)

which won several Daytime Emmy Awards;

after coming out as a lesbian in 2002, she became an

outspoken advocate of LGBTQ issues and other liberal causes;

she was a moderator on the daytime talk show 

The View (2006 - 2007) which included the start of

a long-running public feud with Donald Trump.

Airyn De Niro

Airyn De Niro (1995 -     )

American model and voice actor who is studying

to be a mental health counsellor;

she has recently come out as trans

and has her family's support.

Rose O'Neill

Rose O'Neill (1874 - 1944)

American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer;

the first published female cartoonist in the USA,

in 1909 she created popular "baby Cupid"

comic strip characters called Kewpies;

a toy company soon began producing Kewpie dolls

which were a sensation and one of the first

mass-marketed toys in the United States;

active in women's suffrage, she has been inducted into

the National Women's Hall of Fame;

as a comics pioneer, she was also inducted into

the Eisner Awards Hall of Fame.

Lita Ford

Lita Ford (1958 -     )

British-American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter;

lead guitarist for the all-female rock band The Runaways in the late 1970s,

followed by a successful glam metal solo career, with her biggest hit

being Close My Eyes Forever (1989), a duet with Ozzy Osbourne;

following a long hiatus, she returned with a comeback album (2012)

and an autobiography (2015), both entitled Living Like a Runaway;

recipient of the 2014 Certified Legend Award by Guitar Player magazine.

Mysterious

Self-portrait by lalameidje

⌘ Half-truths in hoop earrings ◆

I cannot find ANY info about her online.

All her social media accounts are scrubbed.

Joan Jett

Joan Jett (1958 -     )

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, businessperson, and actor;

a rock icon, she is often called the "Godmother of Punk";

co-founder of The Runaways and founder of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts;

biggest hits include I Love Rock 'n Roll and Bad Reputation;

long-time vegetarian and supporter of animal rights.

Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975)

American born French dancer, singer, actor;

her career was centred primarily in France

where she headlined Les Folies Bergère in Paris

during the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties;

in Nazi-occupied France, she aided the

French Resistance and Allied intelligence services;

France later awarded her the Resistance Medal, the Croix de Guerre,

and named her a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour;

she adopted 12 multiracial children and raised them

in France, calling them her Rainbow Tribe.

Beverley McLachlin

Beverley McLachlin (1943 -     )

Canadian lawyer, professor, jurist, and author;

first woman to serve as Chief Justice of

the Supreme Court of Canada (2000 - 2017)

Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp (1941 -     )

American dancer, choreographer, and author;

a pioneer of modern dance, her company Twyla Tharp Dance has

extensively toured the world since 1965, performing original works

set to classical, jazz, and contemporary pop music;

her many awards include 2 Emmies, a Tony, 19 honorary doctorates,

the 2004 National Medal of the Arts and the

2008 Kennedy Center Honors.

Guerrilla Girls

Guerrilla Girls (1985 -     )

For almost four decades the Guerrilla Girls have been using their campaigning art to highlight sexism and inequality in the arts. The members of this anonymous feminist collective wear masks to ensure the focus remains on their message, not their appearance. They identify themselves individually by using the names of famous women artists of the past.

"We're the conscience of the art world." 

The Guerrilla Girls have produced several books and many videos of their collective artworks and activism. They currently have an exhibition at the Tate Modern in London, England which runs until the end of 2025.

The collective has had its issues over the years, facing internal controversies over diversity, race, class, ideology and power sharing.

Mary Anning

Mary Anning (1799 - 1847)

English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist;

she made many groundbreaking fossil discoveries in

the Jurassic marine fossil beds near her coastal home;

her findings helped change scientific thinking about

prehistoric life and the history of the Earth.

From a poor family and with only a basic education,

she struggled financially all her life;

although women were not allowed to join

the Geological Society of London, some male geologists

strove to arrange an income, a pension later in life,

and recognition for her important achievements.

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie (1975 -     )

American actor, filmmaker, and humanitarian;

best known films include Girl, Interrupted,

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Mr. & Mrs. Smith,

and two Maleficent films;

as a filmmaker, she has written, directed and/or produced

several movies about serious issues;

recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award,

a Tony Award and three Golden Globe Awards;

the humanitarian causes she promotes include

conservation, education, and women's rights;

noted for her advocacy on behalf of refugees as a

Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,

undertaking field missions to refugee camps and war zones worldwide.

KiKi Layne

KiKi Layne (1991 -     )

American actor;

best known for her roles in the movies

If Beale Street Could Talk,

The Old Guard, and The Old Guard 2.

The Horsewoman

Coco Gauff

Coco Gauff (2004 -     )

American professional tennis player,

currently ranked no. 2 in women's singles;

has won 10 career singles titles, including 2 majors

at the US Open (2023) and French Open (2025).

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart (1897 – disappeared 1937, declared dead 1939)

American pilot, author, and aviation pioneer;

first female pilot to fly solo non-stop across

the Atlantic Ocean (1928) and also set many other record;

she embraced celebrity culture and women's rights;

one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel;

in 1937, she and her male navigator disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while

attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world;

their plane and remains have never been found.

Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson (1959 -     )

English author, broadcaster and educator;

her first novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)

was a literary sensation and later made into a TV miniseries;

the literary career which followed has made her

one of Britain's most distinguished modern writers;

awards include the Whitbread Prize for a First Novel,

a BAFTA Award for Best Drama, the E. M. Forster Award

and the Lambda Literary Award twice.

Debbie Harry

Debbie Harry (1945 -     )

American singer, songwriter and actor,

best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie;

biggest hits include Heart of Glass, Call Me, and The Tide Is High;

acting career spans both art films and mainstream movies

such as Union City, Videodrome, and Hairspray;

some of her preferred charities include those devoted

to fighting cancer and endometriosis.

The Light of Persia

Kardea Brown

Kardea Brown (1987 -     ) 

American contemporary Southern chef,

caterer, competitive baking judge,

television host, and cookbook author;

host of Delicious Miss Brown and

co-host of Kids Baking Championship.

Delhy Tejero

Delhy Tejero (1904 - 1968)

Spanish painter and art professor;

her art encompassed a range of styles

from natural, spiritualist and avant-garde

with tendencies towards abstraction;

her self-portrait shown above

was painted in 1937.