World & American History
American historical figure known for her fight for women’s rights and abolition of slavery, who famously advocated for poor and working women when she asked, Ar’n’t I a woman
Sojourner Truth
Becoming author and Chicago native, she also mentored the 44th President of the United States. Who is this?
Michelle Obama
This phenomenal black woman has her own network on television and is worth over 3 billion dollars.
Oprah
This pair of superstar sisters have transcended the sport of tennis. Between the two of them, they have won 30 Grand Slam titles and 3 Olympic gold medals
Serena and Venus Williams
First Female Artist inducted into the Rock & Role Hall of Fame
Aretha Franklin
Self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” whose works spoke to importance of organizing in coalition across differences of race, gender, sexual orientation, class age and ability.
Audre Lorde
Who was the first black Congresswoman, beginning in 1968; and who in 1972 ran for President and won 151 delegates at the Democratic Convention?
Shirley Chisholm
The mom of TV's Huxtable family in 2004 she became the first black actress to win the Tony for a leading role in a play
Phylicia Rashad
With a combined total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals, she is the most decorated American gymnast and the world’s third most decorated gymnast.
Simone Biles
First black woman to head Coachella
Beyoncé
Following the assassination of her husband, she continued to form coalitions for women’s rights and human rights, and was arrested at the South African embassy in 1985 for protesting against apartheid with her children.
Coretta Scott King
She was the first female African-American secretary of state and the first woman to serve as National Security Advisor.
Condoleezza Rice
She is a television producer and writer. She is responsible for creating Scandal, Grey's Anatomy, and How to Get Away With Murder. She often places African American females in positions of power when creating her television shows.
Shonda Rhimes
Following in her father’s footsteps, this athlete made a name for herself when she held the IBA, IWBF, WBC, and WIBA female super-middleweight titles in boxing. She retired undefeated.
Laila Alii
What is the name of the Restaurant that Tiana worked at?
Kyle’s Kitchen
The Queen of Ndongo and Matamba (current day Angola) who encouraged her people to resist Portugal’s colonial influences as a “deft diplomat, skilful negotiator and formidable tactician” and focused on resettling former slaves and allowing women to bear children.
Njinga Mbandi
A Howard Law graduate, she was the first woman admitted to the DC bar and first African American woman lawyer in the United States.
Charlotte Ray
She was an American jazz singer often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz and Lady Ella.
Ella Fitz Gerald
Who was the first Black woman to win Olympic gold?
Alice Coachman
What phenomenal black woman did Taraji P. Henson play in Hidden Figures?
Katherine Johnson
She was a front-line lawyer for the NAACP LDF and personally led litigation that led to integration of Universities of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, among others, represented Martin Luther King Jr., and was the first Black womxn to argue a case before the Supreme Court and first to serve as a federal judge.
Constance Baker Motley
Who was the first African-American woman to become an ordained minister, a lawyer who helped found the first legal periodical about women's rights, and co-founded the National Organization of Women?
Pauli Murray
She is known as the “queen of reality tv” for appearing in several reality tv shows in the early 2000s. Her appearances in those shows have created some of the most used memes and she has iconic quotes such as “Beyoncé sweetie I'm sorry. I'm so sorry that an *ugly person like this would even say that”
Tiffany Pollard AKA New York AKA “I love new york”
Known as the “fastest woman of all time,” she is the American track athlete who set the records she set for both the 100m and the 200m in 1988.
Florence Griffith Joyner (“Flo-Jo”)
Who wrote “I Know the Caged Birds Sing”
Maya Angelou