Women in STEM
First woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only woman to receive two Nobel prizes.
Who is Marie Curie?
American singer and songwriter who made history becoming the artist with the MOST Grammy wins ever with a total 32 wins.
Who is Queen Bey?
Former chemistry department chair and developed the studio style classrooms for Cal Poly; The College of Science and Math was named after her in 2023 :)
Who is Christina Bailey?
Five-time US Olympic swimmer, became the first woman to earn 11 career World Championship titles.
She was the second female justice of the US supreme court and co-founded the Women's Rights Project which fought against gender discrimination and unified the liberal block of the court.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
Who is Amelia Earhart?
American author, poet, and civil rights activist known for her award-winning memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Participated in one of the largest ever donations to the CSU donating $110 million and enhanced the resources for undergraduate research
Who is Linda Frost?
Professional basketball player who currently holds the record for the most 3 point shots made in a WNBA regular season
Who is Sabrina Ionescu?
She was a leading conductor on the Underground Railroad, later served as an armed union scout and spy during the Civil War
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Became the first woman in America to receive an medical degree, paved the way for women in medicine
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
American Poet who was named National Youth Poet Laureate and read her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the 2021 presidential inauguration of Joe Biden.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
Creator of the "Love, Empathy, Respect" campaign; Won the first Martin Luther King Jr Legacy Award.
Who is Camille O'Bryant?
At age 16, this US Olympic gymnast became the first American to claim gold medals in the team and individual all-around events and the first African American to win the all-around title.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
Made one of the greatest medical contributions with the first immortal human cell. Her cells were taken without her knowledge and had been used to develop vaccines and advancements in cancer treatments
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
Former NASA Astronaut who became the first African American woman to travel to space in 1992, now inducted into the National Women's and International Space Hall of Fames.
Who is Mae Jemison?
A Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. One of her artworks includes Diego and I painted in 1949
Who is Frida Kahlo?
Who is Stephanie Brown Trafton?
Who is Billie Jean King?
Women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. She was arrested for voting in the 1872 presidential election. Helped pave the way for the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
British chemist and x-ray crystallographer who contributed to the discovery of the double helix DNA structure through a fiber diffraction photo
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
Known as the Queen of Soul Music; Some of her songs became anthems of movements for social change. First woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Former Cal Poly Alumni microbial ecologist and Antarctic researcher, studied microorganisms in extremely harsh and cold environments and the biogeography of Antarctic marine plankton
Who is Allison Murray?
She was a 3 time olympic gold medalist US beach volleyball player, has the most career victories in beach volleyball having won 135 international and domestic tournaments; was a part of one of the "greatest beach volleyball pairings of all time"
Who is Kerri Walsh Jennings?
She was an American war worker and was the inspiration behind "Rosie the Riveter," promoting that women could accomplish the same tasks men could do.
Who is Naomi Parker?