Georgia O'Keeffe received widespread recognition for her technical contributions as well as challenging the boundaries of modern American artistic style.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O'Keeffe

In 1849, at age 29, Anthony quit teaching and moved to the family farm in Rochester, New York. She began to take part in conventions and gatherings related to the temperance movement. In Rochester, she attended the local Unitarian Church and began to distance herself from the Quakers, in part because she had frequently witnessed instances of hypocritical behavior such as alcohol abuse amongst Quaker preachers. As she got older, Anthony continued to move further away from organized religion in general, and she was later chastised by various Christian religious groups for displaying irreligious tendencies. In her youth, Anthony was very self-conscious of her looks and speaking abilities. She long resisted public speaking for fear she would not be sufficiently eloquent. Despite these insecurities, she became a renowned public presence, eventually helping to lead the women's movement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony

Records and achievements Woman's world altitude record: 14,000 ft (1922) First woman to fly the Atlantic (1928) Speed records for 100 km (and with 500 lb (230 kg) cargo) (1931) First woman to fly an autogyro (1931) Altitude record for autogyros: 15,000 ft (1931) First person to cross the U.S. in an autogyro (1932) First woman to fly the Atlantic solo (1932) First person to fly the Atlantic twice (1932) First woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross (1932) First woman to fly non-stop, coast-to-coast across the U.S. (1933) Woman's speed transcontinental record (1933) First person to fly solo between Honolulu, Hawaii and Oakland, California (1935) First person to fly solo from Los Angeles, California to Mexico City, Mexico (1935) First person to fly solo nonstop from Mexico City, Mexico to Newark, New Jersey (1935) Speed record for east-to-west flight from Oakland, California to Honolulu, Hawaii (1937)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart

Mary Wollstonecraft (pronounced /ˈwʊlstənkrɑːft/; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was an eighteenth-century British writer, philosopher, and feminist. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book. Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because they lack education. She suggests that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft

"Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die"...There'll never be another writer quite like the good doctor of Gonzo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara