Politics
The first female vice president, first African American vice president, first Southeast Asian American vice president.
Kamala Harris
First female Supreme Court justice.
Sandra Day O'Connor
This singer just gained the rights to all of her music.
Taylor Swift
Who is the most decorated US female gymnast of all time?
Simone Biles
Leader of the birth control movement in the early to mid 20th century.
Margaret Sanger
In what election year did a woman run for president as the candidate for a major party?
2016 (Hillary Clinton)
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Amelia Earhart
The highest-grossing female artist of all time.
Madonna
This was the first year that women could compete in the Olympics.
1900
Betty Friedan is said to have sparked the 2nd wave of feminism after publishing this famous book.
Nancy Pelosi
First American female in space.
Sally Ride
First African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Halle Berry
The most decorated female Olympic athlete of all time.
Katie Ledecky (swimming)
Maya Lin is a famous architect known for designing which famous memorial?
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Hailing from Montana, she was the first woman elected to Congress.
Jeanette Rankin
First African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (authored books "The Bluest Eye," "Beloved," "Sula").
Toni Morrison
This activist co-founded and presided over the National Woman Suffrage Association.
Susan B. Anthony
In what sport did Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the highly publicized "Battle of the Sexes"?
Tennis
Authored the famous poem, "Phenomenal Woman".
Maya Angelou
Who was the first woman to run for president in the U.S.?
Victoria Woodhull in 1872
First female cabinet member for a U.S. president, served under President F.D. Roosevelt
Francis Perkins
This was Beyonce's first movie.
Austin Powers: Goldmember
Highest paid female athlete in the world (as of 2024).
Coco Gauff (tennis player)
This African American woman became the first female self-made millionaire in the U.S. after establishing her hair care products.
Madame CJ Walker