Sporty Girls!
Two sisters ranked top 5 in the world for their tennis playing ability.
Who are the Williams sisters?
Who are Serena and Venus Williams?
She is known as the author of The New York Times best-selling series The Hunger Games.
Who is Suzanne Collins?
This influential rapper, known for hits like "Anaconda" and "Super Bass," has also ventured into acting, appearing in films like "The Other Woman" and "Barbershop: The Next Cut."
Who is Nicki Minaj?
In 1955, this civil rights icon refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
As the first woman in history to win a Nobel Prize — and the only person to win two Nobel Prizes in two different disciplines (chemistry and physics) — Polish-French physicist and chemist.
Who is Marie Curie?
First American athlete of either gender to cross the color line of national and international tennis.
Who is Althea Gibson?
With the publication of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer
Who is Jane Austen?
This talented actress won an Academy Award for her role as a domestic worker in the 2011 film "The Help" and has since appeared in movies like "Hidden Figures" and "The Shape of Water."
Who is Octavia Spencer?
This African American woman, known as the "Queen of Jazz," was one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, with hits like "Strange Fruit" and "God Bless the Child."
Who is Billie Holiday?
This British primatologist is considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after her 55-year-long study on the wild chimpanzees in Gomber Stream National Park in Tanzania.
Who is Jane Goodall?
Former American professional women’s basketball player in the WNBA. Also a 4-time Olympic gold medal winner.
Who is Lisa Leslie?
She was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818).
Who is Mary Shelley?
This singer-songwriter, known for her distinctive voice and hits like "Fallin'" and "Girl on Fire," has won multiple Grammy Awards and served as a coach on the television show "The Voice."
Who is Alicia Keys?
In 2016, this woman became the first African American woman to be appointed as the United States Attorney General, serving under President Barack Obama.
Who is Loretta Lynch?
This scientist’s contribution led to the discovery of the structure of DNA .
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
Retired American professional boxer and daughter of retired heavy weight boxing legend Muhammad Ali
Who is is Laila Ali?
Famous African American poet, and famously know for the autobiography I Know Why the Caged Birds Sings?
Who is Maya Angelou?
This actress and playwright made history as the first black woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role in the TV show "How to Get Away with Murder."
Who is Viola Davis?
The first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court, after Sandra Day O'Connor. She served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
She was known as one of NASA's "human computers," Her work was instrumental in sending the first American, Alan Shepard, into space in 1961. NASA also counted on her calculations to send John Glenn into orbit in 1962 and Apollo 11 to the moon in 1969.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The first black athlete to win a gold medal in the winter Olympics.
Who is is Vonetta Flowers?
Who is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Color Purple, which was adapted into both a film and a stage production?
Who is Alice Walker?
This actress won an Academy Award for her performance as a struggling single mother in the 2001 film "Monster's Ball" and portrayed Storm in the "X-Men" film series.
Who is Halle Berry?
Pakistani female education activist and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate[6] at the age of 17. She is youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history, the second Pakistani and the only Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
Known as the founder of ‘modern nursing’ and helped further army medical services.
Who is Florence Nightingale?