Infinity Room

The gymnast discusses abuse, the coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.  If you’ve ever watched gymnast Simone Biles take the floor (or the vault, balance beam, or uneven bars) for one of her impressive routines, surely, you’ve been inspired to get off your butt and do something…anything! 

Shaking up a business that has been around as long as the film industry may seem like an intimidating thing to do, but filmmaker Ava DuVernay is doing it. With her powerful projects that focus on fighting for justice (like her feature film Selma), she is doing more than just entertaining, she is educating. 

On December 1, 2022, Stéphanie Frappart of France became the first woman to referee a men’s World Cup game. She was joined by two other women—assistants Neuza Back of Brazil and Karen Diaz Medina of Mexico—in the history-making match in Qatar, which pitted Germany against Costa Rica. 

In 1961, 22-year-old Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk became one of the first women to undergo the physical and psychological testing NASA required to become an astronaut.  When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos offered her a seat on the first crewed flight of his space tourism enterprise Blue Origin, it was an invitation aviator Wally Funk had waited six decades to receive. 1

You know Amanda Gorman from the incredible poem she read at President Biden’s inauguration, “The Hill We Climb,” or from her equally impressive appearance at the 2021 Super Bowl, where she became the first poet ever to perform at that event. 

Recently elected as Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris is a woman who holds many firsts: the first Black American woman to hold that office, the first South Asian woman to hold that office, and the first woman to hold that office. 

Around 2950 BC, MerNeith—the daughter of one pharaoh, wife of another and mother of yet another—is believed to have ruled Egypt in her own right for some period of time. If that’s accurate, it would have made her not only the first female pharaoh but also the first female monarch in recorded history.

The first female pharaoh whose reign was confirmed by scientific evidence was Sobekneferu, who ruled Egypt between 1806 and 1802 BC, following the death of her brother, Amenemhat IV.

You may have first heard the name Megan Rapinoe when she famously led the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team to become World Cup Champions in 2019. 

Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg doesn’t want to merely be an inspiration for other women, she wants to bring them into the fold and help make their dreams a reality.  

One of Facebook’s earliest executives, recruited by founder Mark Zuckerberg from Google, where she was the vice president of global online sales and operations, Sandberg owned nearly 17.9 million shares as of March 2013.  1 

Paige Spiranac is a rising golf talent, media personality, and online influencer who's on a mission to show how much fun golf can be while making a positive impact on the world.

No matter where you stand on the issue of climate change, you’ve likely heard the name Greta Thunberg. The 18-year-old climate activist was recently nominated for a Nobel Prize for a third time.

Tennis icon Serena Williams captured the hearts of sports enthusiasts across the world with her athletic prowess and dedication to the game at an early age.