Women in Sports
She was the first woman ever drafted into the WNBA.
Who is Sheryl Swoopes
She coined the term S.T.E.M in 2001.
Who is Judith A. Ramaley
She made history as the first woman to serve in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Who is Margaret Chase Smith
She was the first woman in the USA to both pursue and receive a degree in higher education, earning her degree from the first college in the world chartered to grant degrees to women.
Who is Catherine Brewer Benson
Who is Celine Dion
The first woman in Division 1 history to score 1,000 points in two seasons, she also led Division 1 in assists and was named Most Outstanding Player in the Big Ten Tournament.
Who is Caitlin Clark
Darkness is her specialty. No seriously, she discovered Dark Matter.
Who is Vera Rubin
Her love for her country was so profound that she disguised herself as a man, proving that true courage comes from the heart.
Who is Cathay Williams
Before women were legally allowed to vote, she held prominent positions as President of the American Association of University Women, President of Wellesley College, and Dean of Women at the University of Chicago.
Who is Alice Palmer
With a Grammy, an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and the distinction of being the first female hip-hop artist to receive a star on the Walk of Fame, they don't call her queen for nothing.
Who is Queen Latifah
A LSU graduate w/ 34 double-doubles, unanimous First Team All-American honors, an NCAA Championship, and the title of NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player in 2023, she's on the path to greatness.
Who is Angel Reese
The number of women who have won Nobel prizes in Science.
What is 26
After 72 years of determined effort, this amendment to the Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment
She is known as "The First Lady of the Struggle" for her unwavering commitment to improving the lives of African Americans through education.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune
She's the only artist to chart seven consecutive #1 Billboard Hot 100 hits, 400 career awards, 6 Grammys and a Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist. It's true, we will always love you!
Who is Whitney Houston
Don't let motherhood fool you! This athlete has 23 Grand Slam Singles Titles, 14 Doubles Titles and 4 Olympic gold medals.
Who is Serena Williams
Which field of physics has been most heavily influenced by women?
What is Nuclear Physics
This Democratic representative from Hawaii made history as the first woman of color and the first woman of Asian-Pacific Islander descent to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is Patsy Takemoto Mink
Despite being blind and deaf, she triumphed over adversity to become one of the foremost humanitarians of the 20th century.
Who is Helen Keller
She's a big deal: 11 Grammys, a Lifetime Achievement Award, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, 2 Guinness World Records, 25 No. 1 Billboard country songs, and 41 Top 10 country hits.
Who is Dolly Parton
She's kind of a big deal. 8 SEC regular season titles, 8 SEC tournament titles, and the only player to earn the Naismith Award as both player and coach. The list goes on, but you get the idea.
Who is Coach Dawn Staley
From a young age, she was always daydreaming, which might explain why she became the first woman to venture into space.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova
Some people dream of living forever...her legacy, in a way, truly does. Her cells, illegally collected by Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1951, continue to be used today for biomedical research, including polio vaccines, cancer studies, and AIDS research.
Who is Henrietta Lacks
You may know her as Helen Keller's teacher, but this pioneer overcame numerous adversities to graduate as valedictorian of her class in 1886.
Who is Annie Sullivan Macy
With 32 Grammy wins, 99 nominations, 7 chart-topping albums, and multiple Guinness World Records, music was clearly her destiny.
Who is Beyonce