Women’s Rights & Activism
This activist refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery in 1955, sparking the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The first woman to serve as Vice President of the United States
Who is Kamala Harris?
Won two Nobel Prizes for her research on radioactivity.
Who is Marie Curie?
Author of Pride and Prejudice.
Who is Jane Austen?
This gymnast won four gold medals at the 2016 Olympics.
Who is Simone Biles?
She escaped slavery and led others to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
Known for groundbreaking research on chimpanzees in Tanzania.
Who is Jane Goodall?
Known as the “Queen of Soul,” recorded hits like “Respect.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This tennis legend has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
This Pakistani activist won the Nobel Peace Prize at age 17.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
Africa’s first elected female head of state in 2006.
Who is Ellen Johnson Sirleaf?
Helped calculate flight paths for early U.S. space missions.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Wrote the famous autobiography/memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”
Who is Maya Angelou?
She became the first woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track and field in a single Games (1988).
Who is Florence Griffith-Joyner?
She co-organized the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention for women’s rights.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
The first woman elected Prime Minister of India in 1966.
Who is Indira Gandhi?
Discovered the structure of DNA using X-ray crystallography images.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
This Mexican painter is famous for her self-portraits and surreal imagery.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
This soccer star co-captained the U.S. team to the 2019 Women’s World Cup victory.
Who is Megan Rapinoe?
This lawyer argued the landmark case that led to Roe v. Wade.
Who is Sarah Weddington?
Founded modern nursing practices during the Crimean War
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Helped develop the first compiler and influenced COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language: a compiled English-like computer programming language).
Who is Grace Hopper?
The first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This figure skater was the first American woman to win Olympic gold in figure skating (1976).
Who is Dorothy Hamill?