Tycoona — Profiles of Powerful Women Throughout History

Portrait of Ida B. Wells, 1890s Activist and Journalist

Ida B. Wells

1862-1931

Journalist, NAACP Founder & Suffragist

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Corita Kent

1918-1986

Pop Art Pioneer, Designer & Activist Educator

Editor of Godey's Lady's Book, 1850s

Godey’s Lady’s Book Editor & “Mary Had a Little Lamb” Author

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Jane Goodall

1934-2025

Trailblazing Primatologist, Tool Use Discoverer, Conservation Leader

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Reese Witherspoon

1976-present

Oscar-Winning Actress, Emmy-Winning Producer, Media CEO

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Whitney Wolfe Herd

1989-present

Youngest Woman CEO to IPO, TIME 100 Leader, Forbes 30 Under 30

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Fei-Fei Li

1976-present

ImageNet Creator, Stanford HAI Co-Founder, AI Leader & NAE/NAM Member

Time 100 Gala, 2012

Sara Blakely

1971-present

Spanx Founder, Self-Made Billionaire

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Lucy Guo

1994-present

Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire, Scale AI Cofounder

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Healer, Stock Broker, and First Female Presidential Candidate

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Mira Murati

1988-present

CTO Behind ChatGPT, DALL-E, Tesla Model X & Thinking Machines Lab Founder

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Sallie Krawcheck

1964-present

CEO, 'Last Honest Analyst,' Led Merrill Lynch Turnaround & Co-Founded Ellevest

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Grace Hopper

1906-1992

Pioneer of the First Computer Compiler, COBOL Innovator & U.S. Navy Rear Admiral

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IT Pioneer Who Founded All-Female Software Firm, Led Concorde Black Box Team

Dorothy Day in 1934, photographed during the early years of the Catholic Worker Movement

Dorothy Day

1897-1980

Journalist & Co-Founder of the Catholic Worker Movement

The New York Stock Exchange building where Muriel Siebert made history

First woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange

Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician and space pioneer

NASA Mathematician Who Calculated Apollo & John Glenn Missions

Portrait of Ada Lovelace, the world

Ada Lovelace

1815-1852

Computer Algorithm Pioneer

Epic Systems headquarters sign, representing Judy Faulkner

Judy Faulkner

1943-present

Epic Systems Founder & CEO, Forbes’ Most Powerful Woman

Mary Wells Lawrence at her desk at Wells Rich Greene in 1969

Adversiting Exec, First Female CEO of a Public Company

Margaret Sanger portrait, showing a determined woman in early 20th century attire

Nurse and Birth Control Pioneer

Portrait of Marie Curie circa 1920s

Marie Curie

1867-1934

Physicist and Chemist, First Two-Time Nobel Winner

Madam C. J. Walker by Addison N. Scurlock

First Female Self-Made Millionaire, CEO & Philanthropic Business Leader

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Hetty Green

1834-1916

Wall Street Leader, Value Investing Pioneer & $100M Fortune Maker