Women in STEM
Polish-born French physicist famous for her work on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and she is the only woman to win the award in two different fields.
Who is Marie Curie?
The first African American woman to lead a Fortune 500 company.
Who is Ursula Burns?
This actress is the first African American female to win an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Who is Halle Berry?
This woman is considered to be the champion of temperance, abolition, the rights of labor, and equal pay for equal work. She became one of the most visible leaders of the women’s suffrage movement.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
These two sisters have won numerous titles in professional tennis.
Who are Serena and Venus Williams.
She was a child prodigy and could speak complete sentences and do calculations before the age of one. She holds more than 128 US patents to her name. Her work has been considered extremely vital in the case of real-time computing and she has received multiple awards including a lifetime achievement award in the field of Engineering.
Who is Edith Stern?
This woman was an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist, who rose from poverty in the South to become one of the wealthiest African American women of her time. She created a successful hair care line and went on to use her position to advocate for the advancement of black Americans.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
I provided the voice of Dory in the Disney-Pixar animated film Finding Nemo. I love to dance and I launched my daytime TV talk show in 2003. I am a big animal lover and a vegan who recently opened a vegan tapas bar, Bokado, in Los Angeles. My name is?
Who is Ellen DeGeneres?
This female, at the age of 17 in 2014, became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize after surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban. She also became an advocate for girls' education.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
I am an African American female athlete. I am the most decorated American gymnast and the world's third most decorated gymnast.
Who is Simon Biles?
I was selected by NASA in 1990 and in 1991, I became the first Hispanic female astronaut.
Who is Ellen Ochoa?
In the Fortune 500, _____ companies have a female CEO.
What is 25?
This American television host, philanthropist, entrepreneur and media personality was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her first movie debut in 1985 was in The Color Purple. At the end of the 20th century Life Magazine listed her as both the most influential woman and the most influential black person of her generation, and in a cover story profile the magazine called her "America's Most Powerful Woman”. Who am I?
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
The ninetieth Amendment, granting American women the right to vote, was passed in this year.
What is 1920?
This athlete is an American swimmer who won five Olympic gold medals and 14 world championship gold medals, a record for a female swimmer. She currently holds the world record in women's 400-meter, 800-meter, and 1,500-meter freestyle.
Who is Katie Ledecky?
I was a Chinese American experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the research of radioactivity. My experiment contradicted the Law of Conservation of Parity, and earned me the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Who is Chien-Shiung Wu?
Technology Executive, Author, and founder, she is the first woman to serve on Facebook's Board of Directors in 2012, and has since gone on to create her own company focused on helping women's achieve their goals.
Who is Sheryl Sandberg?
I am the first African-American to become a principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre. Who am I?
Who is Misty Copeland?
She is remembered as a LGBT+ civil rights icon and entertainer, who performed and hosted at the Apollo Theater and Radio City Music Hall. Her scuffle with police is considered the spark that ignited the Stonewall riots, spurring the crowd to action
Who is Stormé DeLarverie?
In 1985, the Harlem Globetrotters picked this Olympian as their first female member.
Who is Lucy Harris.
I discovered the structure of DNA.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
This woman was the founder of one of the largest network marketing companies, centered around cosmetics.
Who is Mary Kay Ash?
This artist recently made history by being the youngest person to be nominated for, and to win, Grammy awards in all four general-field categories (album of the year, record of the year, song of the year and best new artist) in the same time period.
Who is Billie Ellish.
In 2017, over 50 years after becoming the first woman to cross the polar ice cap of Greenland on foot she was awarded the Polar Medal for services in the Arctic. She was named by National Geographic as one of four women who “defied expectations and explored the world”.
Who is Myrtle Simpson?
Bonnie Blair has represented the United States in four Olympic Games. She was won five gold medals in this Olympic sport.
What is speed skating.