WOMEN'S "HER"STORY
This artist became the first female rapper to win a Grammy for Best Rap Album with her album "The Miseducation of (BLANK) which contains her name
Who is Lauryn Hill?
She was the first African-American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
On June 21, 1997, a game between the New York Liberty and the Los Angeles Sparks, was the first of this league
What is the WNBA?
A former first lady, she won the 2016 Democratic nomination, becoming the first woman to accomplish this task.
Who is Hilary Clinton?
She was the first American woman in space.
Who is Sally Ride?
In 1976, at the age of 14 years old, gymnast Nadia Comăneci became the first woman to score a perfect 10 in this Olympic sport.
What is gymnastics?
Barbara Walters became the first news anchorwoman on any American network, when she was featured on this network
What is ABC?
Breanna Stewart was named the AP Player Of The Year, making her the first female player to win that award three times in this sport
In 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman to ever be elected to Congress. She represented the 14th congressional district in this state
What is New York?
Stephanie Louise Kwolek was an American chemist known for inventing Kevlar, the primary component of this protective police gear
What is "a bulletproof vest?"
She became the first woman to found a self-made billion-dollar beauty brand with her line Fenty Beauty
Who is Rihanna?
Breaking a dizzying number of records, including becoming the first billionaire primarily from songwriting and performing, this 36-year-old Taylor mega star has transformed the music industry and earned 58 Grammy nominations and 14 wins in her career.
Who is Taylor Swift?
Even as officials tried to forcibly remove her from the racecourse, Katherine Switzer became the first woman to run in this annual Massachusetts racing event
What is the Boston Marathon?
In 1968 she became the first woman elected to Congress
Rebecca Lee Crumpler was the first African American woman to earn this type of degree in the U.S.
What is a medical degree?
This Women's Suffrage Movement leader was the first woman in America depicted on a U.S. coin
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
in 2024, Actress Quinta Brunson won an Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in this show
What is Abbott Elementary?
The US Women's National Team made history in 2019 when they won the Women's World Cup for a fourth time in this sport
What is soccer?
Elaine Chao became the first Asian American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet, selected as Secretary of Labor in 2001 under this president
Katherine Johnson, featured in the film Hidden Figures, was a key figure in helping NASA to do this
What is "send astronauts in to space"?
This actress built a billion-dollar shapewear company, SKIMS, after rising to fame through reality TV and social media.
The first Latina to receive the Congressional Gold Medal, Celia Cruz was known as the Queen of this type of dance, which also shares a name with a Latin American spicy tomato sauce.
What is Salsa?
On Feb. 17, 2013, Danica Patrick won the pole at this annual Florida race, the first woman to ever clinch a pole in the Cup Series.
What is the Daytona 500
In 1917, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman to serve here
What is "in Congress?"
For her pioneering work on radioactivity and chemistry Marie Curie was the first woman to win two of these awards
What are Nobel Prizes