Famous Words
"Feminist politics aims to end domination, to free us to be who we are — to live lives where we love justice, where we can live in peace. Feminism is for everybody."
Who is bell hooks?
Rachel Carson is often credited with starting the grassroots environmental movement, as well as the creation of the EPA through this book. Written specifically on the harmful impact of DDT on the environment, this text eventually led to a national ban on DDT use and was the impetus behind the creation of the EPA.
What is Silent Spring?
The year that the 19th Amendment was ratified in the United States.
What is 1920?
Former U.S. Senator representing Maryland who led the "Pantsuit Rebellion" of 1993 which ended Senate rules that dictated all women on the Senate floor wear dresses and/or skirts.
Who is Barbara Mikulski?
"I am a woman / Phenomenally / Phenomenal woman / That's me."
Katherine Johnson was credited as one of the first African-American women to work at NASA in this particular field examining orbital mechanics. Her story was recently depicted in the 2016 biopic, Hidden Figures.
What is mathematics?
The date of the upcoming primary election in the state of Maryland.
What is April 28, 2020?
An abolitionist and a feminist born in post-Civil War Mississippi, this journalist and newspaper owner used the pen name, "Iola." Her long history of anti-lynching activism led to her work co-founding the NAACP.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own."
Who is Audre Lorde?
Chien-Shiung Wu has been dubbed the "First Lady of Physics," though her many achievements in the field were overshadowed by male colleagues. After completing her PhD in 1940 at UC Berkley, she moved to New York to join this infamous Columbia University research project.
What is the Manhattan Project?
In June 1969, tensions reached a fever pitch between the LGBTQ community of Greenwich Village and the New York Police Department. Two trans women of color, Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson are credited with this movement-making uprising against police brutality.
What is the Stonewall Uprising/Riot?
A prominent activist in the LGBTQ community, this trans woman of color was a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front. Much beloved and admired in Greenwich Village, she was dubbed the "Mayor of Christopher Street."
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
"Nolite te bastardes carborundorum" or "Don't let the bastards get you down."
Who is Margaret Atwood (in her book The Handmaid's Tale)?
An American computer scientist, inventor, and a Rear Admiral in the US Navy, this woman invented the first programming language to use English words. She is seen as a key inventor of the language COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language).
Who is Grace Hopper?
In 1909, 20,000 women garment workers staged a historic strike called the “Uprising of the 20,000.” The women were advocating for better working conditions following this tragic event.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
A political activist and scholar known for her incisive critiques of the U.S. prison system. J. Edgar Hoover had her name placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list.
Who is Angela Davis?
"I am a goddess, a glorious female warrior. Queen of all that I survey. Enemies of fairness and equality, hear my womanly roar. Yeah!"
Who is Leslie Knope?
Marie Curie was the first (and, so far, only) woman to receive TWO Nobel Peace Prizes in both 1903 and 1911 for her work discovering, examining, and applying these two elements, both of which have much to do with radioactivity.
What are radium and polonium?
In this year, the Women's Center at UMBC was founded!
What is 1991?
As vice president of the United Farm Workers, this activist has been vital in speaking for civil and economic rights for farmworkers throughout the U.S.
Who is Dolores Huerta?