Women in Science
In 2015 I received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama. My calculations as a mathematician helped with the first moon landing.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This psychedelic-rock singer is most known for her song "Me and Bobby McGee". She was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
Who is Janis Joplin?
I became the first Woman pilot to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic.
Amelia Earhart
This sweet treat was invented by Ruth Wakefield in 1938.
Chocolate chip cookies
Dr.Gladys West was a black woman mathematician whose work helped developed the (GPS) which stands for?
What is Global Positioning System
This Mexican-American singer was known as the "Queen of Tejano".Jennifer Lopez starred in a biopic about her life.
Who is Selena?
Wangari Muta Maathai was the first African woman awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy, and peace, hailing from this East African country.
Kenya.
In 1843, Nancy Johnson from Philadelphia became one of the most important people in history by patenting a design for a hand-operated ________ maker, which is still used today.
ice cream maker
This chemist discovered radium and polonium through her research on radioactivity.
Who is Marie Curie?
This singer is the front woman for a band that has been active since 2004. Some popular songs include "Decode" and "Misery Business". She is 34 years old.
Who is Hayley Williams?
Patsy Mink was the first Asian-American Congresswoman elected to office representating this state.
Hawaii
“The Landlord’s Game,” originally patented in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie, was a critique of the injustices of unchecked capitalism and is the first version of this iconic game _________. Her game was not-so-ironically stolen by Charles Darrow, who sold it to the Parker Brothers in 1935.
Monopoly
Vera Rubin was an astronomer whose research discovered the concept of "____matter" in space.
What is dark matter
This queer black American born singer and dancer spent her career performing in France. She had 12 adopted children. One of her most notable looks is a skirt made of bananas.
Who is Josephine Baker?
I became the first African American women astronaut in 1992 and flew into space aboard the Endeavour.
Mae Jemison
Bridget “Biddy” Mason didn’t invent this highley populated city, but she did help shape the city’s downtown area.
LA
This environmentalist and author's work is credited as the primary catalyst for the creation of the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
Who is Rachel Carson?
In 1938 this black woman guitarist joined the cotton club revue. She is known as the Godmother or Inventor of the Rock and Roll genre.
Who is Sister Rosetta Tharpe?
Elouise Cobell was a tribal leader and activist and lead plaintiff in the groundbreaking class-action suit Cobell v. Salazar (2009). This challenged the United States' mismanagement of ______ funds belonging to more than 500,000 individual Native Americans.
Trust funds.
With her husband Eliot, Ruth Handler founded Mattel, the world’s largest toy company. In 1959, Ruth invented and introduced the Barbara Millicent Roberts also known as this famous doll.
Barbie!