Black Women in History
Who refused to give up her seat in 1955?
Who is Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks.
Other Black Women who refused to give up their seats prior to Rosa Parks included Sarah Louise Keys (1952) and Mary Louise Smith (October 1955)
Founder of National Council of Negro Women, educator and civil rights leader who served as an advisor to President Roosevelt.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune.
Poet of “Still I Rise”?
Who is Maya Angelou.
Who was the first African American woman to travel into space in 1992?
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison.
First Black woman elected to Congress?
Who is Shirley Chisholm.
Long-time leader of the National Council of Negro Women and President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., crucial in organizing the 1963 March on Washington?
Who is Dr. Dorothy Irene Height?
Co-founders of Black Lives Matter?
Who is Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi.
Know as the Queen of Soul?
Who is Aretha Franklin.
Who were the real NASA mathematician in Hidden Figures?
Who is Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson.
First female self-made millionaire in America?
Who is Madam C. J. Walker.
Strategist for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) who helped lead lunch counter sit-ins which successfully desegregated lunch counters?
Who is Diane Nash?
Who founded the NAACP’s anti-lynching campaign?
Who is Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
Who is the modern filmmaker of Selma?
Who is Ava DuVernay.
Her mathematical modeling of the Earth’s shape was instrumental in the development of GPS technology?
Who is Gladys West.
The first Black woman to have a play produced on Broadway, A Raisin in the Sun?
Who is Lorraine Hansberry.
First known African American speech-language pathologist, demonstrating the power of language and Black women’s voices?
Who is Hallie Quinn Brown?
Academic and civil rights advocate who developed the theory of intersectionality?
Who is Kimberlé Crenshaw?
Author of Beloved?
Who is Toni Morrison.
Invented a significantly improved hairbrush with synthetic bristles?
Who is Lydia O. Newman?
First Somali-American Muslim woman to become a legislator.
Who is Ilhan Omar.
Voting and women's rights activist in Mississippi who organized the Freedom Summer and co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party?
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
Served as first National Director of Women In NAACP, 16th President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and 8th National President and Chair of the National Council of Negro Women?
Who is Dr. Thelma Thomas Daley.
Know as a contemporary painter whose pop-surrealist style explores race, politics, and celebrity?
Who is Nina Chanel Abney?
First African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Yale, known for advocating for inclusive STEM?
Who is Dr. Jedidah Isler?
First African American to complete a residency in ophthalmology and the first African-American female doctor to receive a medical patent. She invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment in 1986.
Who is Dr. Patricia Bath.