History
She was was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
She was the first woman to have won the Academy Award for Best Director, awarded for her film "The Hurt Locker" in 2010.
Who is Kathryn Bigelow?
This Academy Award-winning actress founded an organization advocating for gender equality and accurate representation of women in media. She also starred in "A League of Their Own," about the first women's professional baseball league.
Who is Geena Davis?
This woman, known mostly as a movie star of the 1930's and 40's, invented a remote-controlled communications system for the US military.
Who is Hedy Lamarr?
This drink is made with ginger ale and grenadine and topped with a maraschino cherry.
What is a Shirley Temple?
Rosa Parks’ activism led to this key moment in the Civil Rights Movement.
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This singer-songwriter is often referred to as the "Queen of Pop" and has sold over 300 million records worldwide.
Who is Madonna?
She is the all-time leading goal scorer for the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team and won two Olympic gold medals and two FIFA World Cup titles during her career.
Who is Abby Wambach?
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics for her research of radiation phenomena, the first woman in France to attain a PhD in Physics, and the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne.
Who is Marie Curie?
This multifaceted artist, musician, and activist is known for her avant-garde work and marriage to one of the Beatles.
Who was Yoko Ono?
She was India's first and, to date, only female prime minister, serving from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.
Who is Indira Gandhi?
Audrey Hepburn is known for her roles in many classics films. Name two of them.
What are "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "My Fair Lady," "Roman Holiday?"
This former WNBA player, known for her incredible dunking ability, became the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game while playing for the University of Tennessee.
Who is Candace Parker?
Jane Goodall was a primatologist best known for being an expert on this.
What (or who) are Chimpanzees?
This drink is made with ginger ale, cranberry juice, rum and topped with a maraschino cherry.
What is a Shirley Temple Black?
This opera singer stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow her to sing from the stage of their Constitution Hall because of the color of her skin.
Who is Marian Anderson?
This English author wrote the novel "Pride and Prejudice," which remains one of the most beloved works of English literature.
Who is Jane Austen?
This Japanese tennis sensation made waves in 2020 by using her platform to raise awareness about racial injustice and police brutality, prompting her to withdraw from the Western & Southern Open in protest
Who is Naomi Osaka?
This mathematician was known as ‘the human computer’ and helped calculate trajectories for the first man in space.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
She is the best-selling fiction writer of all time.
Who is Agatha Christie?
This female soldier fought in the American Revolutionary War disguised as a man.
Who is Deborah Sampson?
This artist was known for her self-portraits and depiction of Mexican folk culture.
Who is Frida Kahlo
This tennis player broke barriers by becoming the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era.
Who is Althea Gibson?
This women revolutionized healthcare by utilizing statistical analysis during her time as a nurse in the Crimean War, transforming healthcare practices and laying the foundation for modern nursing education.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This American-born dancer and singer, who rose to fame in France during the 1920s, became a symbol of the Jazz Age and a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Josephine Baker?