Arts & Entertainment
She starred in Scandal as Olivia Pope.
Who is Kerry Washington?
She refused to give up her bus seat in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks.
NASA mathematician featured in Hidden Figures.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This Latina singer is known as the "Queen of Tejano Music."
Who is Selena Quintanilla?
Pakistani activist for girls’ education and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
The first female African-American astronaut.
Who is Mae Jemison?
The first Black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama.
Who is Viola Davis?
Trans rights activist and one of the leaders of the Stonewall uprising.
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
Indian-American CEO of a major technology company, formerly PepsiCo.
Who is Indra Nooyi?
This Korean-American comedian created and starred in Fresh Off the Boat.
Who is Ali Wong?
Filipina-American labor organizer who co-founded the United Farm Workers.
Who is Larry Itliong’s collaborator, but female: likely Maria Moreno?
Chemist who developed treatments for leprosy and malaria in the 1940s.
Who is Alice Ball?
This Afro-Latina actress stars in West Side Story (2021) and won an Oscar for it.
Who is Ariana DeBose?
Environmentalist and founder of the Green Belt Movement in Kenya.
Who is Wangari Maathai?
Chinese-American physicist who helped disprove the “law of parity.”
Who is Chien-Shiung Wu?