Women In STEM
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, first to win a Nobel prize twice, and first to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields for her pioneering research on radioactivity
Who is Marie Curie
An American singer-songwriter with a record 32 Grammy awards. Most successful songs include "Crazy in Love", "Single Ladies", and "Cuff It".
Who is Beyonce?
American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
A Pulitzer prize-nominated poet and civil rights activist. Her rise to fame came after the publication of her first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. She is also the first Black woman to be featured on the US quarters.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Mexican painter known for her self-portraits. She also was known for painting about her chronic pain, culture, and Mexican society with a surrealist lens. She is the first Mexican Artist to be shown at the Louvre. She is regarded as an icon for Chicanos, feminism, the LGBTQ+ and disabled communities.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee proved critical to the success of the Apollo Moon landing program and the start of the Space Shuttle program
Who is Katherine G. Johnson
A South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment, widely considered "the biggest girl group in the world". The biggest songs include "Ice Cream", "How You Like That", and "Kill This Love".
Who is Blackpink?
A Pakistani female education activist and 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17 making her the youngest Nobel laureate in history.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
A Black-American novelist. Her work includes Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, and Beloved. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987) and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
Who is Toni Morrison?
An American artistic gymnast widely considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time. She holds 7 Olympic medals and holds the record for the most World Championship medals (30).
Who is Simone Biles?
British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was vital to understanding the molecular structure of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite
Who is Rosalind Elsie Franklin?
Referred to as the "Queen of Tejano Music", she is one of the most celebrated Mexican-American artists of the late 20th century.
Who is Selena Quintanilla?
Co-chair for the Women's March on Washington and executive director of the Arab American Association of New York. She is a Palestinian American who works as an activist for Muslim American rights.
Who is Linda Sarsour?
Indian-Canadian poet and photographer who rose to fame on Instagram. Her self-published debut poetry collection Milk and Honey was considered a commercial success selling over 2.5 million copies in 25 languages and spending 77 weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller List.
Who is Rupi Kaur?
Professional Japanese tennis player ranked #1 in the world by the Women's Tennis Association.
Who is Naomi Osaka?
An American astronaut and physicist who became the first and youngest American woman to fly into space (the third woman ever).
A famous Asian-American Indie-rockstar. Her biggest hits include "This Is a Life" which one her an Academy Award nomination, and "My Love Mine All Mine".
Who is Mitski?
Self-described as a "physically disabled, queer Korean transracial and transnational adoptee" and survivor of sexual abuse. She is an educator disability activist and advocate who coined the term "access intimacy".
Who is Mia Mingus?
Taiwanese-American children's writer and illustrator known for advocating for diversity and Asian-American representation in children's literature. Her most famous works include Where the Mountains Meet the Moon, When the Sea Turned Silver, and A Big Mooncake for Little Star.
Who is Grace Lin?
First Muslim woman to represent the US at the Olympics and the first Olympian to wear a hijab.
Who is Ibtihaj Muhammed?
The 2023 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine for their discoveries that enabled the modified mRNA technology used in Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's vaccines to prevent COVID-19 infection.
Who is Katalin Karikó
Who is Raveena?
A folk music artist and activist whose songs often include messages of protest and social justice. She helped Bob Dylan become popular and became popular herself after singing "We Shall Overcome" at the March on Washinton alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who is Joan Baez?
The most significant writer of the second-wave Native American Renaissance. Her notable works include Love Medicine, The Birchbark House, The Round House, The Night Watchman.
Fun Fact: She wons Birchbark Books in Minneapolis
Who is Louise Erdrich?
The only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom until the overthrow of the kingdom in 1893. She also composed "Aloha Oe" and wrote her autobiography Hawaiʻi's Story by Hawaiʻi's Queen during her imprisonment following the overthrow.
Who is Queen Liliʻuokalani