Female Pioneers
She was first woman to fly a plane around the world.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
She was the first woman to be on TV in 1939.
Who is Betty White?
This famous deaf composer created works such as the Moonlight Sonata (1801) and Für Elise (1867).
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This law, passed in 1990, prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in many areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and many public and private places that are open to the general public.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
This percentage of the *world's* women are women with disabilities.
(±2%)
What is 20%?
She is the youngest person to win a Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
They were the first person with a physical disability to win an Oscar, for Best Supporting Actor.
Who is Harold Russell?
This American jazz singer and composer who revolutionized the genre with her three-octave vocal range and scat singing was the first the first African-American woman to win a Grammy in 1959.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This percent of the U.S. Congress is made up of women.
(±5%)
What is 28%?
This world-famous Mexican artist is celebrated for her surrealist art and iconic self-portraits, but many don’t know her paintings often tell bold stories of her journey navigating disability.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
(born with spina bifida)
This is the first woman to win (her first!) a Nobel Prize, which she received for discovering radioactivity.
Who is Marie Skłodowska-Curie.
*DAILY DOUBLE*
This is the first deaf person to win an Oscar, receiving the Best Actress Oscar in 1987.
Who is Marlee Martin?
She was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock&Roll Hall of Fame, honored as the "Queen of Soul" and twice named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This Constitutional Amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
These are some of the leading causes of death for women with developmental disabilities.
What is heart disease, cancer?
She was the first female Supreme Court Justice, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, and she served until her retirement in 2006.
+200 pts for the second woman appointed to SCOTUS!
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
This person's true story influenced the making of the 2011 film “Soul Surfer”, in which the main character navigates life after losing her arm in a shark attack.
Who is Bethany Hamilton?
This musician has the most Grammy Awards for a male solo artist, helped expand the R&B genre, and happens to be blind.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
This U.S. President established Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (DDAM) back in 1987, choosing its official color to be orange, which symbolizes energy and positivity.
Who is President Ronald Reagan?
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Name this American disability rights advocate, and the first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School.
Who is Haben Girma?
She was was the first woman to run for U.S. President all the way back in 1872.
Who is Victoria Woodhull?
This was the first actor in a wheelchair to be cast in Wicked, playing Nessarose Thropp.
Who is Marissa Bode?
This drummer for Def Leppard retaught himself how to play drums with one arm after a traumatic car accident.
Who is Rick Allen?
These organizations lead the advocacy, awareness, and accessibility.
What are the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD), the Administration for Community Living (ACL), The Arc, and the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)?
This is the first American actress and fashion model Creative Artists Agency. She is a wheelchair user and one of the few professional models who has a visible physical disability in the fashion industry.
Who is Jillian Mercado?
(muscular dystrophy)