Famous Women - A to Z #3

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English actress, singer, and author - star of The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins and The Princess Diaries

B

British and American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States

C

Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler

D

American actress, singer, and animal rights activist - starred in Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk

E

Tudor Queen of England know as "Gloriana"

F

The first female vice-presidential nominee representing a major American political party

G

Observed and documented the life of chimps in the wild from 1970 into the 1990s

H

American jazz and swing music singer - nicknamed "Lady Day"

I

American architect and the first American woman to patent an architectural design

J

American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer - had a wardrobe malfunction at the Superbowl

K

American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer - the first deafblind person in the United States to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree

L

First woman to win the Nobel prize for literature

M

American actress, model, and singer - became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s

N

Kenyan-Mexican actress who won the Best Actress Oscar for 12 Years a Slave

O

American modernist painter and draftswoman whose career spanned seven decades - awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977

P

Powhatan woman who fostered peace between English colonists and Native Americans by befriending the settlers at the Jamestown Colony

Q

Ronald Reagan's Astrologer who claimed she could have foreseen his assassination attempt

R

Author of the Harry Potter series

S

Ancient Greece's best-known poet infamous for writing about her passionate relationships with women - she lived on the island of Lesbos

T

American actress who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. Later, she served United States Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia

U

American model and actress - Sports Illustrated Swimsuit covergirl who broke the internet by dancing to Cat Daddy

V

Italian fashion designer, businesswoman, socialite, and model - served as her eponymous brand's chief creative officer

W

A prominent modernist English writer of the early 20th century - drowned herself in the River Ouse

X

Brazilian actress and producer known primarily for her work in Rede Globo's telenovelas, but was active in stage for 60 years

Y

American economist who served as the 15th chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018

Z

Won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Summer Olympics before turning to professional golf and winning 10 LPGA major championships