Women of History
First woman and woman of color to serve as VP
Kamala Harris
Education advocate and youngest Nobel laureate.
Malala Yousafzai
Currently how many women in active service
200,000
First woman to receive the Nobel Prize
Marie Curie
1848
First African American female lawyer
Charlotte E Ray
Environmentalist
Sylvia Earle
Women have been supporting since which war?
Revolutionay
What was the only sport Women could compete in during the first winter Olympics?
Figure Skating 1924
Amount of women that identify as 'head of household'
51%
Ran off with three gold medals at the 1960 Olympics
Wilma Rudolph
Aviator
Bessie Coleman
How many women were stationed across Southeast Asia during Vietnam
7000
She became a household name as the scheming Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the lovable Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls
Betty White
What year were women given the right to vote
1965
The first woman to earn a medical degree in the US
Elizabeth Blackwell
civil rights activist
Dr. Rev. Pauli Murray
How many women were deployed during Operation Desert Storm
40,000
High-flying American female gymnast that won gold in vault, floor and the all-around at the Rio Olympics
Simone Biles
Year women gained the right to open bank accounts
1960s
First woman of color to get elected to Congress; 1964
Patsy Mink
The landmark legislation in 1972, Title IX, addressed the issue of equal access to education for women in the United States.
Title IX
the first enlisted woman to qualify to serve on a submarine
CPO Dominique Saavedra
Refused to give up her bus seat on the same bus system as Rosa Parks months before
Claudette Colvin
The first place (now a state) to give women the right to vote
Wyoming Territory