Women in History
The first African American poet to recite her poem "And Still I Rise" at an Inaugural Recitation (1993)
Maya Angelou
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
Eleanor Roosevelt
The great Mexican painter who addressed themes of gender, race, and her own physical suffering stemming from a, tragic bus accident.
Frida Kahlo
First female Vice President of the US of America.
Kamala Harris
Singer of "Hot to Go?" (you better know this one)
Chappell Roan
The first woman in the United States to earn and be granted a medical degree.
Elizabeth Blackwell
"Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation."
RBG
The first openly lesbian elected member of congress
Tammy Baldwin
First female US Supreme Court Judge
Sandra Day O'Connor
"Fight Song" was released in 2015, and its lyrics, such as "I might only have one match, but I can make an explosion"
Rachel Platten
The first African American woman to win the Noble Prize for Literature
Toni Morrison
"I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard…we cannot succeed when half of us are held back".
Malala Yousafzai
The first-ever national march for gay rights was the National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Washington, D.C. in the year of…
1979
The first black woman to serve as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ketanji Brown Jackson
She has received multiple Grammy Awards and married rapper Jay-Z in 2008, sang: "I'm a grown woman, I can do whatever I want"?
The country to first elect a female leader
Sri Lanka
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity."
Amelia Earhart
The year that first female and LGBTQ astronaut, Sally Ride, first went to space
1983
The first woman to run for the House of Representatives despite not yet having the right to vote
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The singer of "They wouldn't shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve
What I was wearing
If I was rude
Could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves?"
Taylor Swift
The country that the female population went on strike in 1975 demanding equal rights
Iceland
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will".
Charlotte Bronte
The bisexual activist known as the “Mother of Pride” because she organized the original Pride parade.
Brenda Howard
The year the Equal Rights Amendment was written
1923
The "Queen of Soul," was a legendary singer with 18 Grammys, 75+ million records sold, and a four-octave vocal range
Aretha Franklin