Female Activists
This former Supreme Court Justice became the 2nd women and 1st Jewish women on the Supreme Court. Before her death in 2020, she advocated relentlessly for gender equality and women's rights.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
First women to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean
Amelia Earhart
She was arrested for voting
Susan B. Anthony
Gave women the right to vote
The 19th Amendment
Which month is National Women's History month?
March
Advocated for girls' rights to education in Pakistan. Later won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work.
Malala Yousafzai
First African-American women elected to the United States Senate
Carol Moseley-Braun
A women who played a key role in the civil rights movement when she refused to give up a seat on a bus to a white person in Alabama.
Rosa Parks
Landmark case ensured women access to safe and legal abortion
Roe v. Wade
This term describes a barrier preventing women from advancing into top leadership positions, despite their qualifications.
The glass ceiling
This poet and civil rights activist wrote the popular book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" - a book that dove into issues of racism and sexism. She also recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993.
Maya Angelou
First African-American women to win the Nobel Prize
Toni Morrison
Fought for racial and gender equality as the first African-American women in Congress
Shirley Chisholm
This allotted funds for the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women
Violence Against Women Act
This global event occurs annual on March 8 to celebrate women's achievements and raise awareness for gender equality.
This famous feminist writer criticized the extremely restrictive traditional roles of women in the 1960s through her book the Feminine Mystique. She later went on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Betty Friedan
First women to run the Boston Marathon
Katherine Switzer
First Latina to enter the Supreme Court
Sonia Sotomayor
Ensured equal funding for women’s opportunities in education.
Title IX
The first country that legally granted women the right to vote.
New Zealand
Margaret Sanger
The first women appointed to the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’Connor
The first female jockey to ride in the world’s most famous horse race, the Kentucky Derby.
Diane Crump
Allowed women shared ownership of children and a say in their wills and wages; allowed women to inherit property.
Married Women Property Act
These three colors make up the women's suffrage flag.
White, gold, & purple