Famous Women - A to Z #2

Can you name these famous women whose names start with each letter of the alphabet?

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Letter	Hint	Answer
A	American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist - author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	Maya Angelou
B	Investigative journalist - known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days	Nellie Bly
C	French fashion designer and businesswoman - possible Nazi collaborator	Coco Chanel
D	American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance - known as "The Mother of Dance"	Isadora Duncan
E	Founder of the Christian Science movement	Mary Baker Eddy
F	American actress and activist who famously visited Hanoi in 1972	Jane Fonda
G	Served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020	Ruth Bader Ginsburg
H	One of history's most infamous spies, was executed in 1917 by the French for spying for the Germans	Mata Hari
I	Somali model and actress - married to David Bowie	Iman
J	Fastest woman in history over 100m and 200m	Florence Griffith Joyner
K	Former world number one professional tennis player - winner of 39 Grand Slam titles	Billie Jean King
L	English mathematician and the world's first computer programmer	Ada Lovelace
M	Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education and her writing on scientific pedagogy	Maria Montessori
N	Queen of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt - the great royal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten	Nefertiti
O	American sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show	Annie Oakley
P	Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina	Eva Peron
Q	American singer, bass guitarist and songwriter - reached No. 1 in the UK with Can the Can and Devil Gate Drive	Suzi Quatro
R	American political figure, diplomat, and activist - the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945	Eleanor Roosevelt
S	Lemhi Shoshone woman who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition	Sacagawea
T	American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance	Sojourner Truth
U	8 times Grammy award winner - won the fourth season of American Idol in 2005	Carrie Underwood
V	Colombian actress and television personality - known for playing Gloria on Modern Family	Sofía Vergara
W	American broadcast journalist who interviewed every sitting U.S. president and first lady from Richard and Pat Nixon to Barack and Michelle Obama	Barbara Walters
X	Chinese artistic gymnast who won gold on the balance beam at the Sydney olympics in 2000	Liu Xuan
Y	Pakistani female education activist and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate	Malala Yousafzai
Z	Mononymous American actress and singer - star of Dune and Euphoria	Zendaya

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