# Tycoona

> Biographies of historically significant women across eras, fields, and continents. Each profile is researched, edited, and published with attribution.

## About

- [About Tycoona](https://tycoona.pro/about): Mission, editorial approach, and how profiles are produced

## Browse

- [Home](https://tycoona.pro/): Featured profiles and recent additions
- [Activism](https://tycoona.pro/categories/Activism): Profiles in Activism
- [Art](https://tycoona.pro/categories/Art): Profiles in Art
- [Business](https://tycoona.pro/categories/Business): Profiles in Business
- [Entrepreneurship](https://tycoona.pro/categories/Entrepreneurship): Profiles in Entrepreneurship
- [Finance](https://tycoona.pro/categories/Finance): Profiles in Finance
- [Healthcare](https://tycoona.pro/categories/Healthcare): Profiles in Healthcare
- [Journalism](https://tycoona.pro/categories/Journalism): Profiles in Journalism
- [Mathematics](https://tycoona.pro/categories/Mathematics): Profiles in Mathematics
- [Physics](https://tycoona.pro/categories/Physics): Profiles in Physics
- [Science](https://tycoona.pro/categories/Science): Profiles in Science
- [Technology](https://tycoona.pro/categories/Technology): Profiles in Technology

## Profiles

- [Ada Lovelace (1815-1852)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/ada-lovelace): Computer Algorithm Pioneer
- [Corita Kent (1918-1986)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/corita-kent): Pop Art Pioneer, Designer & Activist Educator
- [Dorothy Day (1897-1980)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/dorothy-day): Journalist & Co-Founder of the Catholic Worker Movement
- [Fei-Fei Li (1976-present)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/fei-fei-li): ImageNet Creator, Stanford HAI Co-Founder, AI Leader & NAE/NAM Member
- [Grace Hopper (1906-1992)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/grace-hopper): Pioneer of the First Computer Compiler, COBOL Innovator & U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
- [Hetty Green (1834-1916)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/hetty-green): Wall Street Leader, Value Investing Pioneer & $100M Fortune Maker
- [Jane Goodall (1934-2025)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/jane-goodall): Trailblazing Primatologist, Tool Use Discoverer, Conservation Leader
- [Judy Faulkner (1943-present)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/judy-faulkner): Epic Systems Founder & CEO, Forbes’ Most Powerful Woman
- [Katherine Johnson (1918-2020)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/katherine-johnson): NASA Mathematician Who Calculated Apollo & John Glenn Missions
- [Lucy Guo (1994-present)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/lucy-guo): Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire, Scale AI Cofounder
- [Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/madam-cj-walker): First Female Self-Made Millionaire, CEO & Philanthropic Business Leader
- [Margaret Sanger (1879-1966)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/margaret-sanger): Nurse and Birth Control Pioneer
- [Marie Curie (1867-1934)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/marie-curie): Physicist and Chemist, First Two-Time Nobel Winner
- [Mary Wells Lawrence (1928-2024)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/mary-wells-lawrence): Adversiting Exec, First Female CEO of a Public Company
- [Mira Murati (1988-present)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/mira-murati): CTO Behind ChatGPT, DALL-E, Tesla Model X & Thinking Machines Lab Founder
- [Muriel Siebert (1928-2013)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/muriel-siebert): First woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange
- [Reese Witherspoon (1976-present)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/reese-witherspoon): Oscar-Winning Actress, Emmy-Winning Producer, Media CEO
- [Sallie Krawcheck (1964-present)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/sallie-krawcheck): CEO, 'Last Honest Analyst,' Led Merrill Lynch Turnaround & Co-Founded Ellevest
- [Sara Blakely (1971-present)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/sara-blakely): Spanx Founder, Self-Made Billionaire
- [Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/sarah-josepha-hale): Godey’s Lady’s Book Editor & “Mary Had a Little Lamb” Author
- [Stephanie Shirley (1933-2025)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/stephanie-shirley): IT Pioneer Who Founded All-Female Software Firm, Led Concorde Black Box Team
- [Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/victoria-woodhull): Healer, Stock Broker, and First Female Presidential Candidate
- [Whitney Wolfe Herd (1989-present)](https://tycoona.pro/profiles/whitney-wolfe-herd): Youngest Woman CEO to IPO, TIME 100 Leader, Forbes 30 Under 30