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This woman is currently the most decorated gymnast in history, with 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
She became the first black and South Asian American woman to run as vice president on a major political party's ticket.
Who is Kamala Harris?
The first Black American woman to own her own production company.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
American abolitionist best known for her efforts to move slaves to liberation in the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
She made history as the first African American woman to win the all-around gold medal in gymnastics at the 2012 London Olympics.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
This woman was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association for 319 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times.
Who is Serena Williams?
The first black woman to become appointed national security adviser and the first black female secretary of state for the US.
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
The first Black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress for her work in Monster's Ball.
Who is Halle Berry?
A trailblazer known for her courageous participation in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, she ignited the movement against racial segregation on public transit.
Who is Rosa Park?
She rose to fame in 1969 after the publication of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” one of her autobiographies detailing her early years as a young Black woman.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This woman rose to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University, running 10.75 seconds to break the 100 m collegiate record at the NCAA Division I Championships.
Who is Sha'Carri Richardson?
In 1968, this woman became the first Black woman elected to Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The most-awarded female artist of all time, winning a record-breaking 35 Grammys and countless other achievements.
Who is Beyonce?
The first Black female millionaire who made her fortune thanks to her homemade line of hair care products for Black women.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
She made history by becoming the first African-American woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2015.
Who is Viola Davis?
During her career, from which she retired undefeated, she held the WBC, WIBA, IWBF and IBA female super middleweight titles, and the IWBF light heavyweight title.
Who is Laila Ali?
The first Black Congresswoman in Missouri history.
Who is Cori Bush?
The “Queen of Soul" was ranked No.1 in Rolling Stone’s “200 Greatest Singers of All Time.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
She was the first child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white school in Louisiana, which she was selected to attend based on her displayed intelligence at just six years old.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
She made history in 1988 as the first Black model to grace the cover of French Vogue.
Who is Naomi Campbell?
This woman was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game.
Who is Sheryl Swoopes?
The first Black woman to run for Vice President in the name of the Progressive Party.
Who is Charlotta Bass?
In the 1960s, she became the first Black person to star in a primetime drama for her role in the series East Side/West Side.
Who is Cicely Tyson?
A mathematician whose orbital mechanics calculations were critical for Alan Shepard's trajectory as the first American in space, and for John Glenn's flight on Friendship 7.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992.
Who is Mae Jemison?