Leading Ladies
Iconic Queens
Two Horse Race
Hey! That was mine!
Where there's a WiL, there's a way
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This Associate Director and WiL co-lead once worked as a bingo caller when she was 18.
Who is Christina Matthews?
100
These tennis-playing sisters have won a combined 30 Grand Slam singles titles and 14 Grand Slam doubles titles.
Who are Venus and Serena Williams/the Williams sisters?
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In November 2020, she was elected Vice President of the United States, becoming the first woman, the first woman of color, the first Black woman, and the first South Asian woman elected to this office.
Who is Kamala Harris?
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The first woman in history to win a Nobel Prize — and the only person to win two Nobel Prizes in two different disciplines (chemistry and physics).
Who is Marie Curie?
100
The Global Sponsor for Women in Linesight and the first female VP for Linesight Americas.
Who is Dawn Cantrell?
200
In Linesight's "Five Question Friday" post, this Executive Team Member and Linesight's Group General Counsel describes her leadership style as "transparent and solutions-focused, with a touch of levity when possible."
Who is Jane Cassidy?
200
The first-ever recipient of Billboard’s Woman of the Decade Award and has had the highest-grossing concert tour of all time, having earned more than $1billion in revenue.
Who is Taylor Swift?
200
A landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement in 1965, and Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections.
What is The Voting Rights Act?
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She was known as one of NASA's "human computers". Her work was instrumental in sending the first American, Alan Shepard, into space in 1961. NASA also counted on her calculations to send John Glenn into orbit in 1962 and Apollo 11 to the moon in 1969.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
200
Women in Linesight, Cultures Connected, PRISM and MIND are those currently offered at Linesight with options to start new ones based on employee demand.
What is an Employee Resource Group (ERG)?
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This Commercial Manager has completed 5 marathons to date and stated that running became her sanctuary during life's challenges, speaking about her experience in running as part of Linesight's Mental Health Awareness Week.
Who is Emma Quinn?
300
The most decorated gymnast in history, male or female, she has 41 World and Olympic medals combined, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022, and has spoken publicly about prioritizing mental health, starting a wider conversation about the role of mental health in sports.
Who is Simone Biles?
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She became the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State, serving from 1997-2001.
Who is Madeleine K. Albright?
300
Rosalind Franklin has only recently started to receive credit, but it was her research and x-ray diffraction images that enabled Watson and Crick to discover the structure of this molecule.
What is the DNA Double Helix?
300
This globally recognized holiday is celebrated by the regional Women in Linesight ERG every year with in-office celebrations and panel discussions featuring inspirational women working at Linesight.
What is International Women’s Day?
400
This Linesight Executive Committee member participated in the Simon Home Run 8K last year, raising money for homeless adults and children.
Who is Anne Rush?
400
Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award winning comedian, actor, writer and producer best known for the ABC comedy series Abbott Elementary. At the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, she became the first Black woman to be nominated three times in the comedy category.
Who is Quinta Brunson?
400
The National Women's History Alliance's theme for both the 2020 and 2021 National Women's History Month is "Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to Be Silenced", in recognition of the centennial of this event granting some women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
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An English mathematician, daughter of poet Lord Byron and an associate of Charles Babbage. She has been called the first computer programmer for writing an algorithm for Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine, in the mid-1800s.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
400
This Women in Linesight Initiative gives speaking opportunities to everyone at Linesight in a supportive and welcoming environment to help people with developing their public speaking skills.
What are WiL Talks?
500
DEI Americas co-lead Margo Martinez performed this very unusual consumption trick while working as an emcee and performer in a sideshow.
What is glass eating?
500
A British gender-fluid comedian and stage and screen performer. She completed 43 marathons in 51 days for Sport Relief in 2009 and ran 27 marathons in 27 days in South Africa in honor of Nelson Mandela, raising £1.35 million in 2016.
Who is Eddie (Suzy) Izzard?
500
The first nation in the world to enshrine universal woman suffrage in 1893 to give women the right to vote.
What is New Zealand?
500
An Austrian-American actress and inventor who, during World War II, pioneered and developed “frequency hopping,” an invention that’s now recognized as a fundamental technology for secure communications technology that would one day form the basis for today’s WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems.
Who is Hedy Lamarr?
500
Women in Linesight leader Danielle Hurley spent months developing this report, released in June, reflecting our ongoing dedication to environmental sustainability, social responsibility, and robust governance.
What is the ESG Report?