Women in STEM
Polish physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity and was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Marie Curie
One of the greatest tennis players of all time, winning a total of 23 Grand Slam singles titles thus far.
Who is Serena Williams?
Women earned the right to vote this year, following the passing of the 19th amendment.
When is 1920?
In August 2020, an album by this female artist broke the record for the most streams on Spotify in a single day with her surprise release.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This actress delivered the powerful monologue highlighting the unending rules surrounding womanhood in the 2023 Barbie movie.
Who is America Ferrara?
The first woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science.
Who is Mary Kenneth Keller?
The American gymnast who won four gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics, making her the most decorated American gymnast on earth.
Who is Simone Biles?
The first woman to serve as the Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
She is considered to be one of the greatest Mexican artists, known for her portraits and works inspired by her home of Mexico.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
She is the highly successful creator and showrunner of numerous prominent television series, including "Grey's Anatomy", "Scandal" and "Bridgerton".
Who is Shonda Rhimes?
The American engineer and inventor who is credited with the invention of the windshield wiper, earning her the first patent for this device in 1903.
Who is Mary Anderson?
The most decorated female athlete in Winter Olympics history, with a total of 8 Olympic medals in speed skating.
Who is Bonnie Blair?
The supreme court justice who successfully fought against gender discrimination for 27 years.
In 2018, this American singer became the youngest solo artist to headline Coachella at the age of 25.
Who is Beyoncé?
She wrote the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961.
Who is Harper Lee?
A famous scientist whose X-ray crystallography work was crucial in determining the structure of DNA, though credit for this discovery often went primarily to her male colleagues?
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
This tennis player became the first Asian player to be ranked World No. 1 in singles, winning multiple Grand Slam titles.
Who is Naomi Osaka?
The historic women's rights convention held in 1848, often regarded as the beginning of the women's suffrage movement in the United States.
What is The Seneca Falls Convention?
This female American singer-songwriter holds the record for the most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with a total of 50 weeks.
Who is Mariah Carey?
The name of the first woman of color to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, for her role in "How to Get Away with Murder.
Who is Viola Davis?
An African-American mathematician, whose story was portrayed in the film "Hidden Figures," as she calculated trajectories and launch windows for NASA's first manned space missions.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
In 2019, she became the first woman to win five titles at a single World Championships in Athletics, achieving this feat in Doha, Qatar.
Who is Allyson Felix?
The first woman to run for President of the United States, representing the Equal Rights Party in 1872.
The first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted retrospectively in 1987.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
The first and only woman to have won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, for her work on an episode of "The Handmaid's Tale" in 2017.
Who is Reed Morano?