Trailblazing Women
She refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
She was the first computer programmer, writing an algorithm for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
The first woman Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
The author of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.
Who is Jane Austen?
She has won the most Grand Slam titles in tennis history.
Who is Serena Williams?
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This NASA mathematician helped send John Glenn into orbit.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
A leader of the women’s suffrage movement, she was arrested for voting in 1872.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
She was the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
This U.S. soccer player led her team to World Cup victories and is an advocate for equal pay.
Who is Megan Rapinoe?
This Supreme Court Justice was known for her fight for gender equality and her iconic dissents.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
She discovered radioactivity and won two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry.
Who is Marie Curie?
This Pakistani activist won the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy of girls’ education.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
This Mexican painter was known for her self-portraits and surrealist style.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
The first woman to run the Boston Marathon despite officials trying to stop her.
Who is Kathrine Switzer?
The first female self-made millionaire in the U.S., she built a beauty empire in the early 1900s.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
The scientist who developed the first widely used COVID-19 vaccine with mRNA technology.
Who is Katalin Karikó?
The author of Ain’t I a Woman?, she fought for both abolition and women’s rights.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, known for The Song of the Lark.
Who is Selma Lagerlöf?
This gymnast made history in 2016 with her gravity-defying moves and Olympic dominance.
Who is Simone Biles?
This Indigenous woman served as a guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark.
Who is Sacagawea?
She coined the term “computer bug” and helped develop early programming languages.
Who is Grace Hopper?
The first elected female head of state in the world, serving as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Who is Sirimavo Bandaranaike?
This influential poet wrote The Bell Jar and won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Sylvia Plath?
The first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, known for her contributions to women’s baseball.
Who is Effa Manley?