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1. "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (1914-1956). Later, when golf became her favorite sport, "Babe" won 17 consecutive amateur golf tournaments and helped found the Ladies' Professional Golf Association.
2. Gertrude Pridgett (1886-1939), who was popularly known as Ma Rainey.
3. Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) led to a multi-faceted crusade for women's rights for over 50 years.
4. Maya Lin (b. 1959) was still a student when she won the competition over 14,000 other entries.
5. Sacajawea (c. 1789-c. 1812), whose quick thinking and knowledge of Native American languages saved the day on many occasions.
6. Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927) founded the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. in 1912.
7. The Ninety-Nines, the organization of women pilots founded in 1931 by Amelia Earhart (1897-1937).
8. ROE vs. Wade.
9. Cynthia Cooper of the champion Houston Comets, 1997.
10. Pearl S. Buck, 1935, for The Good Earth, published in 1931; Toni Morrison, 1993, for Beloved, published in 1987.
11. Frances Perkins was appointed Secretary of Labor by President Franklin Roosevelt. Perkins was one of only two cabinet members to serve for Roosevelt's entire presidency, the unpredendented fourth term of which was cut short by the president's death. In 1992, President Bill Clinton appointed Madeleine Albright to be the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations and head of the U.S. delegation to that body. In 1997, Clinton appointed her Secretary of State.
12. Margaret Brent in the 1600's.
13. She was the first woman to pilot cross the Atlantic Ocean.
14. Sally Ride.
15. November 1910, 5th state to give women the right to vote.
16. Queen Lili'uokalani.
17. Grace Hopper.
18. Madam C.J. Walker.
19. 1920.
20. Elizabeth Blackwell.
21. Anna Taylor, 1901.
22. 1908
23. 1912, Juliette Gordon Low.
24. 1998.
25. 1987, Aretha Franklin.
26. 1979, Margaret Thatcher.
27. 1942, Leah Fox.
28. 1931, Jackie Mitchell.
29. 1913, Mary Phelps Jacob.
30. 1940.

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