Famous Firsts
First Women to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean
Amelia Earhart
The name of Beyonce's Album released in 2008
I am Sasha Fierce
Was arrested in 1955 in Alabama for refusing to give her seat on a bus to a white passenger.
Rosa Parks
“NOW, IF YOU TWO DON’T MIND, I’M GOING TO BED BEFORE EITHER OF YOU COME UP WITH ANOTHER CLEVER IDEA TO GET US KILLED OR WORSE… EXPELLED!”
Hermione Granger
This woman was the lead actress in Love and Basketball
Sanna Lathan
One of the most renowned and discussed female Jewish victims of the holocaust
Anne Frank
The Queen of Soul
Aretha Franklin
Known as the "conductor" of the underground railroad.
"Hoes before Bros; Uteruses before Duderuses; Ovaries before Brovaries"
Leslie Knope (Parks and Rec)
This retail giant was recently ordered to pay 12 million dollars in a gender discrimination lawsuit
Walmart
First African-American woman to win a Nobel prize for literature
Toni Morrison
First female artist to win Best Rap Album at the Grammys
Cardi B
Tried to vote in a presidential election
"Exercise gives you endorphines. Endophins make you happy. Happy people just don't shoot their husbands, they just don't"
Elle Woods (Legally Blonde)
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women earn ___ cents compared to $1 for men.
77 cents
The first Latina woman appointed to the supreme court
Sonia Sotomayor
Queen of Salsa
Celia Cruz
This American woman served as president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1919 to 1929
Jane Addams
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
The world's first novel, The tale of Ganji, was published in ____ around AD 1000 by female author Murasaki Shikibu
Japan
First woman elected to the United States Senate
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
First female hip-hop artist honored with a star on Hollywood Walk-of-Fame
The 19th amendment that granted women the right to vote in national elections was also known as the _____ amendment.
The Anthony Amendment
"Take chances! Make mistakes! Get messy!"
Ms. Frizzle (Magic School Bus)
The first observed national women's day
February 28, 1909