Black Women in STEM
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Women’s Rights Milestones
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She completed the NASA calculations necessary for several space missions, including the 1969 moon landing.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
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The first African American gymnast to be the Individual All-Around Champion at the Olympics.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
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In 2020, she became the first woman, the first woman of color, the first Black woman, and the first South Asian woman elected to this office.
Who is Vice President Kamala Harris?
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This person was given the nickname Moses
Who is Harriet Tubman?
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This amendment gave women the right to vote in the U.S.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution?
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NASA's first African American Female engineer.
Who is Mary Jackson?
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This athlete has won more grand slam tournaments than all other female tennis players.
Who is Serena Williams?
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The writer of "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings," who won the Medal of Presidential Freedom in 2010.
Who is Maya Angelou?
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The first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans in 1960.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
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This annual month celebrates women’s contributions to history and society.
What is Women's History Month?
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The second African American woman to graduate with a PhD in physics in the U.S. and received the National Medal of Science in 2015 during the presidency of Barack Obama.
Who is Dr. Shirley Jackson?
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The most decorated American gymnast of all time
Who is Simone Biles?
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She is the 1st African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet
Who is Misty Copeland
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Used her platform as a journalist to lead an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s and later co-founded the NAACP.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
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The 1848 convention that launched the U.S. women’s rights movement.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
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The first Black woman to travel to space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
Who is Mae Jemison?
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She was named the fastest woman in America after running a record time 100-meter race at the Olympics.
Who is Sha'Carri Richardson?
400
Who became the 1st woman candidate for president
Who is Shirley Chisholm
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She was a singer, songwriter, and pianist who used her music to address racial inequality prevalent in the United States. She was portrayed in a controversial movie by Oscar winner Zoe Saldana
Who is Nina Simone?
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U.S. Supreme Court case guaranteeing the right to abortion in 1973.
What is Roe v. Wade?
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The first Black woman to be admitted to NASA's astronaut training program.
Who is Mae Jemison?
500
She refused to let her disability stop her and became the first American woman to win three gold medals in Track and Field during the 1960 summer Olympic games in Rome.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
500
The first Black woman to win an Oscar
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
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She was the premiere behind-the-scenes organizer, co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) headed by Martin Luther King, Jr., and an inspiring force behind the creation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Who is Ella Baker?
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Year the first International Women’s Day was celebrated.
What is 1911 (first widely celebrated International Women's Day)?