M CJ Walker
What type of products did she sell?
Hair products for black women
What tribe did she come from?
The Shoshone tribe.
This woman was an important Mexican painter and artist.
Frida Kahlo
What were TWO occupations she had during her life.
University professor, chemist, physicist, feminist
Why was Anne Frank an important woman?
Because she wrote a diary about all events that happened in her life during World War II.
How much money did she use to start her business?
$1.25 dollars/ more than $1/ between $1 and $2 dollars
What was her son's name?
His name was Pomp.
This woman was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
Where was she born?
She was born in Poland.
What was the name of the place where she and her family hid?
The Secret Annex
Why was she an important US woman?
Because she was the first African- American woman to become a millionaire.
Why was she an important woman in US history?
Because she guided Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the west. She was a translator.
She is a famous African- American tennis player who has won many Grand Slams.
Serena Williams
What TWO awards did she win?
She won two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry
Why did she and her family had to escape from their country?
Because they were persecuted by the Nazis just for being from a Jewish family.
How did her business help other black women?
She hired other women who could sell her products as well.
What important aspect did she learn when she was kidnapped by the Hidatsa tribe?
She learned the language. She learned to plant and garden.
This woman was the first African- American woman to work for NASA. She had a great impact on space flights like Apollo 13.
Katherine Johnson
Explain TWO tragic events in her life.
Her mom died when she was 10 years old. Her sister died. Her family had no money. She had to eat bread and tea when in college. Her husband was killed by a horse carriage. She was killed by the same element she discovered.
Why did her father decide to publish her diary?
Because he read it and she had written she wanted to be a famous writer one day, so he wanted to honor her wishes.
What did she do with all the money she earned?
She donated money to charities
Why didn't she get paid by Lewis and Clark?
Her husband got the money for both. They didn't think she deserved it. (Any other logical response)
She is credited with leading more than 300 slaves from the south to the north through the UNderground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
Why was the reason for her death ironic?
Because she was killed by the same element she discovered. She got leukemia as a result of her contact with radiation.
How and where did Anne Frank died?
She died as a result of a high fever (typhus) in a concentration camp (Bergen- Belsen)