Nellie Bly (May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922) was the pen name of pioneer female journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochran.

She remains notable for two feats: a record-breaking trip around the world in emulation of Jules Verne's character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within.

In addition to her writing, she was also an industrialist and charity worker.

Born in Ixelles, Belgium as Audrey Kathleen Ruston, Hepburn spent her childhood chiefly in the Netherlands, including German-occupied Arnhem, Netherlands, during the Second World War.

She studied ballet in Arnhem and then moved to London in 1948, where she continued to train in ballet and worked as a photographer's model.

Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20, 1946) is an American recording artist, actress, director, and record producer.

Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in film, music and television.

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (October 13, 1925 - April 8, 2013) served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.

"I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it."

She is the only woman to have held either post.

Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928) is an American autobiographer  and poet who has been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton.

She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences.