I came across a Photobook titled Remarkable women of the 20th century and I thought, why not do something similar for Muslim women. I did a lot of research but I am sure there are many names that should be there but I don't know off. Feel free to comment and add their names

1. Remarkable Muslim Women of
the 20th+ Century
Javed Mohammed
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2. Sabiha Gökçen
World's first female fighter pilot and first Turkish female combat pilot, aged 23

3. Madhubala
(Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi) first female Indian Muslim
screen icon

4. Meena Keshwar Kamal
women’s rights activist founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of
Afghanistan in 1977.
Photo Credit: Creative Commons/RAWA.

5. Betty Shabazz
Wife of Malcolm X and early Muslim activist

6. Umm Kulthum: widely regarded as the
greatest female Arabic singer in history

7. Ingrid Mattson: First female president
of Islamic Society of North America
(ISNA)

8. Sayeeda Hussain Warsi, Baroness
Warsi: First Muslim to serve as a
minister in the United Kingdom

9. Tahmineh Milani: first prolific Persian
film director/writer

10. Afghan Girl: Sharbat Gula: June 1985

11. Rabia Z: Fashion Designer
First brand to produce prêt-a-couture ranges catering to niche needs of the ever evolving 96 Billion US$
Islamic Wear Market

12. Benazir Bhutto
In 1988: first woman elected to lead a Muslim state & Pakistan’s first female prime minister.

13. Mehreen Faruqi:
First Muslim woman to serve in an Australia parliament.

14. Nawal al-Moutawakel
International Olympic Committee’s vice-president, and first Moroccan, African, Arab, Muslim
woman athlete to win a gold Olympic medal. president. (AFP)

15. Merve Kavakci
Turkish-American lawmaker: First time in 1999 a woman
arrived in parliament wearing a headscarf for her swearing-in ceremony (and then forced out)

16. Shirin Ebadi:
2003 Nobel Peace Prize for human rights and founder of Defenders of
Human Rights Center in Iran. She was the first ever Iranian to receive the prize.

17. Anousheh Ansari: first Muslim Woman
in space in 2006

18. Ruqaya Al-Ghasara from Bahrain: First
Muslim athlete to participate in
Olympics with Hijab

19. Mecca Laalaa, Australia's first female
Muslim surf lifesaver

20. Wafaa Yaakoub, crowned as
Miss Arab World 2007

21. Tawakkul Karman: Co-recipient of
Nobel Peace Prize 2011

22. Donna Eljammal: Sweden’s first veiled
police recruit, 2011

23. Dalia Mogahed:
First Muslim woman appointed to a position in President Barack Obama’s administration

24. Hadia Tajik:
First Muslim woman to become Minister (of Culture) in Norway, 2012

25. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy first Oscar for
a Pakistani Director, 2012

26. Zahra Lari: First Hijab Wearing Muslim
Woman Figure Skater to compete in an
international competition, 2012

27. Amina El Sergany is the first ever
Muslim referee, Olympics 2012

28. Malala Yousafzai: Pakistani teenage
activist for girls education, 2012

29. Samina Baig: First Pakistani and
youngest Muslim woman to climb
Everest, 2013

30. Barbara Muhammad Sharief:
Broward County's diversity, commissioners in 2013 selected as the new county mayor a black woman raised in
the Muslim faith

31. Ibtihaj Muhammad:
First African-American Muslim female fencer in the history of the sport

32. Sadia Saifuddin (BA ’14) 40th student regent to sit on the
University of California Board of Regents and first Muslim to join the board 2013

33. Shehneela Ahmed:
Lawyer becomes Britain’s first female Muslim football agent in 2014
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