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The first female, first Black, and first South-Asian vice president in U.S. history.
Kamala Harris
The amendment that gave women the right to vote.
The 19th Amendment
In September 1928, she was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Amelia Earhart
Considered the best women's tennis player of all time, this athlete has won 23 Grand Slam titles and shattered many records.
Serena Williams
The increased prices of goods and services marketed towards women.
The Pink Tax
The first woman on the Supreme Court.
Sandra Day O'Connor
Rosa Parks is known for igniting this famous Civil Rights event by refusing to give up her seat for a white person.
The Mongomery Bus Boycott
Pakistani education activist and author who became the world's youngest Nobel Prize winner at the age of 17.
Malala Yousafzai
An American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist, best known for the poem, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Maya Angelou
The average amount of money that women in the US make for every dollar men make.
82 cents
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize (and the only woman to ever win 2 Nobel Prizes in their lifetime).
Marie Curie
Known for conducting the Underground Railroad, this woman escorted over 300 slaves to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
The longest-serving British monarch in history.
Queen Elizabeth II
She is the richest female singer in the world, with a networth of $1.7 billion.
Rhianna
This team has won four titles at the Women's World Cup, more than any other country.
USA
The first state to give women the right to vote (1869) and the first to have a female governor (1925).
Wyoming
The first women's rights convention held in the US.
The Seneca Falls Convention
A famous French fashion designer who is known for popularizing the "little black dress" and creating a luxury fashion brand.
Coco Chanel
Times "Person of the Year" for 2023.
Taylor Swift
Number of female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies as of 2023.
53 (just over 10%)
First woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, also known as the "Queen of Soul" (1987).
Aretha Franklin
The year that women were given the right to own a credit card in their own name.
1974
The first country to give women the right to vote in the modern era.
New Zealand
A Mexican painter best known for her self-portraits that deal with such themes as identity, the human body, and death.
Frida Kahlo
This US president declared the week of March 8th to be Women's history week, paving the way for March to be deemed Women's History Month.
Jimmy Carter