Strong Women

Suzanne Wrack is the women's football writer for the Guardian. An accredited football reporter and member of the SJA, Football Writer's Association and Women in Football, she won a place on the first ever Women in Journalism mentoring scheme in 2016. Suzanne was highly commended in the Media Initiative of the Year category at the 2018 Women's Sport Trust 'Be A Game Changer' awards and shortlisted for sports journalist of the year at the 2019 British Press Awards. Her first book, a social and political history of women's football, will be published by Faber in spring 2022. Twitter: @SuzyWrack (14.9k)

Betty Chapman - USA • Ann Glanville - UK • Sam Kerr - Australia • Hélène de Pourtalès - USA • Lily Parr - UK • Alice Milliat - UK • Babe Didrikson Zaharias - USA/Norway • Fanny Blankers-Koen - Netherlands • Althea Gibson - USA • Katherine Switzer - USA • Pat Gregory - UK • Cheryl White - USA • Mia Hamm - USA • Billie Jean King - USA • Junko Tabei - Japan • Nadia Comaneci - Romania • Ann Bancroft - USA • Steffi Graf - Germany • Hassiba Boulmerka - Algeria • Brandi Chastain - USA • Béatrice Hess - France • Cathy Freeman - Australia • Serena Williams - USA • Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani - Saudi Arabia • Nicola Adams - UK • Trischa Zorn - USA • Christine Sinclair - Canada • Rachel Blackmore - Ireland • Elisabeta Lipă - Romania • Amélie Mauresmo - France • Kiran Gandhi - USA • Caster Semenya - South African • Ada Hegerberg - Norway • Megan Rapinoe - USA • Suzann Pettersen - Norway • Brigid Kosgei - Kenya • Sahar Khodayari - Iran • Naomi Osaka - Japan • Allyson Felix - USA • Becky Hammon - American/Russian • Laurel Hubbard - New Zealand • Tatyana McFadden - Russia • Stephanie Frappart - France • Simone Biles - USA • Khalida Popal - Afghanistan • Emma Raducanu - UK • Hilary Knight - USA • Kaiya McCullough - USA • Sun Wen - China • Rachael Hayhoe-Flint - UK.