Breaking Barriers
In 1928, she was the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She was also the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license. She mysteriously disappeared during a flight in 1937, and was pronounced legally dead two years later.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
The beloved sitcom she starred in made its television debut in 1951. She became known as one of America’s top comedians for her iconic role on the show, which had storylines about marital issues and women in the workforce.
Who is Lucille Ball?
Since stepping into the limelight at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as a member of the "Fab Five," she is known for being a six-time World All-Around Champion.
Who is Simone Biles?
She was the first woman to win a major party’s nomination for president of the US in 2016.
Who is Hillary Clinton?
Nancy Johnson invented this hand operated kitchen item in 1843 that is still used today! It is very popular when it is hot outside!
What is the hand-operated ice cream maker?
You can thank her for basically creating those romantic comedy books you love to read. In her teenage years during the early 1810s, she started writing her most famous novels, like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.
Who is Jane Austen?
She was already a widely-known American jazz singer when, in 1958, she made history, becoming the first African American woman to win a Grammy. She collected two that year: best individual jazz performance and best female vocal performance.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
In one of the most competitive eras of figure skating, she is the the most decorated figure skater in American history with two Olympic medals and five World championship titles.
Who is Michelle Kwan?
She was the first woman to serve as speaker of the House in the US Congress. She first took the gavel in 2007.
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
It wasn’t until Congress passed the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 that women had the right to acquire this in their own name.
What is a credit card?
She was a British nurse who is credited as the founder of modern-day nursing. In 1860, she opened the first science-based nursing school in London.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Memphis-born and Detroit-raised, this musician was destined to be a legend. She got her start singing gospel music but made her name in soul with songs like "Chain of Fools," and "Rock Steady,". In 1987, she was the first woman ever to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This athlete is an American former professional soccer player, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion. Hailed as a soccer icon, she played as a forward for the United States national team from 1987 to 2004.
Who is Mia Hamm?
This woman is the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice. The associate justice was confirmed by the US Senate on April 7, 2022, and sworn into office on June 30.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
Women-owned businesses were 24.7% of all businesses in Hawaii — the most of any state. This state had the second most, with women owning 23.7% of all businesses in 2018
What is the state of Virginia?
She became the first American woman to travel to space on the shuttle Challenger in 1983. The astrophysicist and Stanford-grad beat out at least 1,000 other applicants for a spot in the NASA astronaut program.
Who is Sally Ride?
You may know this singer as the glamorous, quick-whited country singer, but she's also a huge philanthropist. In 1955, she created the Imagination Library, a program that gifts free books to kids under 5 to foster a love of reading at a young age.
Who is Dolly Parton?
Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks, including a joint-record 186 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times.
Who is Serena Williams?
She became the first Latina Supreme Court justice in 2009.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
If you've ever used this common household item for lunch, you can thank Margaret "Mattie" Knight, the 19th century's most famous woman inventor! She was famous for inventing a machine when she was 30 which folded and glued paper to create this.
What is a brown paper bag?
During her time serving in the highest court of the country, she made many landmark decisions, including 1996's United States v. Virginia, which held the Virginia Military Institute could not refuse to admit women.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
She started out as a Nashville reporter in the '70s before expanding her career into daytime tv. By 2003 she'd earned the title of first female African American billionaire.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
In 1959, she became the first woman to officially finish a marathon in the United States when she finished the Pikes Peak Marathon
Who is Arlene Pieper?
She became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
Elizabeth J. Magie Phillips was an American writer and inventor. She invented The Landlord's Game, the precursor to this popular game.
What is Monopoly?