Music & Arts
Who created college courses featuring Hawaiian culture, music, and dance?
Edith Kanaka'ole
Who fought for equal rights for Indigenous peoples?
Zitkala-Sa
Who wrote about the importance of protecting Native American culture?
Zitkala-Sa
Who was the only woman employed for duty on the battlefield during the Civil War?
Mary Edwards Walker
Who was the first American woman in space?
Sally Ride
Which writer wrote lyrics to the first Native American opera?
Zitkaka-Sa
Who fought for Mexican American civil rights?
Jovita Idar
Which writer had more than 30 bestselling books in her lifetime?
Maya Angelou
Which leader tripled her tribes enrollment?
Wilma Mankiller
Who was the first African American who performed a poem at a presidential inauguration?
Maya Angelou
Which actress became an extra in her first movie at the age of 14?
Anna May Wong
Who helped pass the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Which actress has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
Anna May Wong
Who started her own STEM company?
Sally Ride
Who was the first African American and Native American woman pilot?
Bessie Coleman
Who was a Hawaiian choreographer and chanter?
Edith Kanaka'ole
Who gave flying lessons to young African Americans after returning from France?
Bessie Coleman
Who wrote about dress reform to make women's clothing more comfortable and practical?
Mary Edwards Walker
Who was the first Hispanic woman to run for Congress in the United States?
Nina Otero-Warren
Who was America's first prima ballerina?
Maria Tallchief
Which artist won 7 Grammy Awards?
Celia Cruz
Which civil rights activist was refused admission to college because she was an African American woman?
Pauli Murray
Which journalist wrote articles about racism?
Jovita Idar
Who was the first woman of color elected to Congress in the United States?
Patsy Takemoto Mink
Who was the first female Episcopalian priest?
Pauli Murray