Nellie Bly. #BeAmazing. What has been your greatest adventure so far? What did you learn from it? gogirlscamp.com

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1 Nellie Bly She started her career as a journalist in 1880 when she was just 16. And then, just 8 years later, took a trip around the world in a record-breaking 72 days just so she could write about it. What has been your greatest adventure so far? What did you learn from it?

2 Ruby Bridges In 1960, when she was just 6 years old, she braved hateful crowds of grownups just to attend her first day of school as the first African American student in an all-white school in Louisiana. When was a time you had the courage to do something important to you even though someone else didn t want you to?

3 Juliette Brindak When she was just 10 years old, she decided to turn the characters she was drawing into a full-fledged business. In 2005, she founded MissOandFriends.com, a social network site for tween girls that is currently valued at $15 million. Lemonade? Cookies? What s your creation? What if you made it into a business?

4 Mo ne Davis She was one of just 2 girls to play in the 2014 Little League World Series and the very first girl pitcher to win it! She threw a 70mph fastball and was 13 years old. Tell us how strong you are! What is the physical skill you are most proud of?

5 Marley Dias She decided one day that she was sick of reading about white boys & dogs and responded by launching the #1000BlackGirlBooks book drive to help more kids see themselves in children s literature. She is 11 years old. What would you find 1000 books about?

6 Anne Frank At the end of WWII, after millions had been killed in Hitler s concentration camps, her personal diary educated and inspired the whole world to heal their hearts and minds. When do you make a difference just by telling your story? Do younger kids ever look up to you or try to be like you?

7 Jazz Jennings Although she was born a biological boy, she knew from early on that she was a girl. Now, she is a writer, philathropist, and activist dedicated to supporting trans youth...just like her. She is 15 years old and she dares to be just who she is. Was there a time when you felt different? Who helped you know you are just right as you are? Tell us what makes YOU unique!

8 Eesha Khare When she was frustrated with her cell phone running out of juice, instead of complaining, she started inventing. In 2013, at the age of 18, she invented the electrochemical supercapacitor, a device that can charge a cell phone battery in less than 30 seconds. What have you invented? How does it help people?

9 Sybil Ludington On April 26, 1777, she rode over 40 miles on her horse, Star, to alert the colonists that the British were coming. She traveled twice as far as Paul Revere. She was 16. When was a time you amazed yourself by doing something you thought you were too young to do?

10 Susie Baker King Taylor Born into slavery in 1848, when she was just 14, she became the first African American teacher at a freely operating school for black children in Georgia. A year later, at the height of the Civil War, she became the first African American Army nurse. Have you ever been the first anything? What did you do? How did it feel knowing that you were the first?

11 Phyllis Wheatley She was born in West Africa in 1753, captured into slavery and brought to America at age 7. She learned to read & write, wrote her first poem at the age of 14 and, just a few years later, became the first published African-American female poet. What is one hard thing you have had to overcome in your life so that you could do something amazing?

12 Malala Yousafzai In 2009, at age 11, she began blogging about how girls are wrongfully treated by the Taliban in Pakistan. When she was 14, she survived a brutal assasination attempt. Now, at just 18, she is an internationally renowned and respected activist for girls education. What do you do to celebrate girls? How could the world be more fair to girls?