Women in Sports
In 2012, she was the first woman of color of any nationality to win the Individual All-Around Champion.
Gabby Douglas
Dr. Mae Jemison
The first women of color selected to the U.S. Senate. She represented Illinois.
Carol Moseley Braun
She was born in Mingora, Pakistan and spoke out publicly about girls having the right to get an education.
Malala Yousafzai
She recently broke the Houston Rodeo's all-time attendance record, with the attendance of 75,580 people at her show.
Cardi B
She is one of four college coaches that has ever reached 1,000 wins.
Pat Summit
Chien-Shiung Wu has been referred to as...
The "First Lady of Physics"
She has been called the "biggest upset of 2018 elections"
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
She is invested in our nations quest for social justice. She is a writer, activist and educator. She became a supporter of the Soledad brothers.
Angela Davis
The Mirabal Sisters were jailed multiple times for their involvement in various protest and movements against former dictator of D.R. Rafael Trujillo. The Mirabal Sisters are also known by this nickname.
Las Mariposas
Ibtihaj Muh is known for being the first woman to...
Play in the U.S. Olympics with her hijab on.
Award-winning Astrophysicist researcher, TED speaker that advocated for women of color in science.
Dr. Jedidah Isler
She was the former president of Liberia, the first woman to be elected as the head of state for an African country.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Tarana Burke is a civil rights activist that founded this movement that became a global phenomenon.
She pioneered reporting techniques that remain central to modern journalism. She lived in Memphis which is where she started her anti-lynching campaign. She published her findings in the newspaper that she co-owned.
Ida B. Wells
She was born partially blind and unable to walk until the age of 4, competed in six special olympics games and has a disney movie named after her.
Loretta Claiborne
Which physicist said "You have to accept the fact that people think you are less competent... If you're a woman, and there's something not quite fair and you speak up, people get upset."
Sau Lan Wu
Which year has had the highest amount of women serving on Senate in history?
2019
She was Chinas pioneering feminist. She was into swords and bomb making. She was beheaded by the age of 31 for conspiring against Chinese government.
Qiu Jin
She was born into slavery with the name Isabella Baumfree, she was a vocal supporter of abolition and women's rights.
Sojourner Truth
In 1977 she became the first woman drafted by an NBA team, New Orleans Jazz.
Lucy Harris
She was a founder and developer of ProjectCSGIRLS and is currently enrolled in Harvard.
Pooja Chandrashekar
She is an American politician who is the member of the United States House of Representative for Massachusetts.
She defeated ten-term Incumbent Mike Capuano in the primary election.
Ayanna Soyini Pressely
She was a central figure of the gay liberation movement that began in 1969, due to many unjust arrest of people who belonged to the LGBTQ+ community. She toured the world as a successful drag queen and was known as "drag mother" because she helped homeless LGBTQ+ youth.
Marsha P. Johnson
This female rapper is known for using her rhymes to speak about forced child marriages. She uses her own experiences as inspiration.
Sonita Alizadeh