This is weirdly effective as one of those "surprising facts" you can drop to reliably get some "oh, really? Wow"s even though it's right in the name of our nation's capital (Washington, District of Columbia)

Most people today will be familiar with her as depicted in the title card for Columbia Pictures.

The Big Three TV broadcasters (NBC, ABC, CBS: National Broadcasting Company, American Broadcasting Company, and Columbia Broadcasting System) are all named after the country, though CBS now seems like the odd one out.

I'd like to see a history of the relative popularity of Columbia, Uncle Sam, and various birds (eagles, turkeys). I'd assume that gender preferences in national symbols reflect trends in the wider culture.