If Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano’s name wasn’t familiar before, it will be now thanks to the new movie Joy (out Christmas Day), which stars Jennifer Lawrence and is based on Mangano’s rags to business riches life story.

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Hollywood is shining a well-deserved light on Mangano, also known as HSN’s Mother of Invention, but there are plenty of other female entrepreneurs—past and present—worthy of mention. Here are a few standout moguls who just might inspire you to find your next big idea.

A divorced, single mom, Brownie Wise (1913-1992) was the pioneering American saleswoman responsible for making Tupperware a household name.

Spanx founder Sara Blakely (Getty Images)

Founder of SPANX, Sara Blakely, 44, started selling her form-enhancing undergarments from her Atlanta apartment. Today, she is a billionaire and her company generates more than $250 million in annual revenues.

Janice Bryant Howroyd, 63, founded the billion-dollar Act•1 Group, a global human-resource firm and the largest woman and minority-owned private company in the U.S.

When she was 46, Pleasant Rowland, now 74, created the popular American Girl dolls as a way to teach children about different eras of history. A former textbook writer, her Pleasant Company not only manufactures dolls—it’s also one of the top publishers of children’s books and magazines.

Former elementary school teacher Tami Zuckerman, 36, came up with VarageSale, a free app and website for families to buy, sell and swap stuff with their neighbors, with the help of her programmer husband Carl Mercier while she was on maternity leave and had plenty of time on her hands. Since launching in 2012, VarageSale has added millions of users in 44 states, throughout Canada and overseas, and has raised $34 million from top Silicon Valley venture capital firms.

Founder of Camp Bow Wow, Heidi Ganahl, 49, turned her love for dogs into the largest pet-care franchise in the world. Since the first camp opened in 2000, Camp Bow Wow has grown to 200 franchises and $80 million in revenue.

Born Sarah Breedlove, Madame C.J. Walker (1867-1919) made her mark as the first black female millionaire in the U.S. She made her fortune creating and selling scalp and hair products.

Born Josephine Esther Mentzer, Estée Lauder (1906-2004) co-founded her titular cosmetics companies with her husband in 1946. Today, her companies house dozens of world-famous brands and have more than $32 billion in annual sales.

Frustrated by the lack of safe, reliable means to shuttle their kids to their activities, in 2014 L.A.-based working moms Joanna McFarland, 39, Carolyn Yashari Becher, 43, and Janelle McGlothlin, 44, founded HopSkipDrive, a rideshare solution for busy parents. The platform allows parents to set up and pay for rides from two weeks to eight hours ahead, matching them with a CareDriver, then follow the ride in progress in real time.

Industrialist Olive Ann Beech (1903-1993) was the first woman to lead a major aircraft company. Known as the “First Lady of Aviation,” she and her husband co-founded Beech Aircraft Corp. in 1932. After her husband died in 1950, she became CEO and grew the company into a multimillion-dollar corporation with ventures in aviation and space programs.