Firsts in STEM
She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
In 2014, she became the first female CEO of a major global automaker (General Motors).
Mary Barra
This amendment to the US Constitution granted women the right to vote.
The 19th Amendment
"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This internal Edmunds group, which abbreviates to AWE, is the proud host of today's Women's Equality Day game hour!
Accelerating Women at Edmunds
This mathematician's calculations were critical to the first US crewed spaceflights and featured in the movie Hidden Figures.
Katherine Johnson
She invented the first working windshield wiper in 1903.
Along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she was a principal organizer of the women's suffrage movement in the US.
Susan B. Anthony
"If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."
Shirley Chisholm
Serving as the Senior Vice President of Marketing, she leads Edmunds' brand evolution and is the proud Corporate Sponsor of the AWE ERG.
Alison Anziska
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice.
Marie Curie
In 1888, she took the first long-distance road trip in an automobile, proving its practical use.
Bertha Benz
In 1893, this became the first self-governing country in the world in which all women had the right to vote.
New Zealand
"I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard."
Malala Yousafzai
Who was the first Edmunds employee featured in the Sp-AWE-tlight feature? (Hint: She is a leader at Edmunds with a strong interest in a certain motor-bike sport...)
Katti Fields
Known as the first computer programmer, she wrote an algorithm for a computing machine in the 1840s.
Ada Lovelace
This first woman to win the Indy 500 Rookie of the Year also holds the highest finish by a woman in the Indianapolis 500.
Danica Patrick
This African American journalist and activist was a key figure in the suffrage movement and the anti-lynching crusade.
Ida B. Wells
"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own."
Audre Lorde
Known as the first real movie star, silent film actress Florence Lawrence didn't just act—she was an automotive enthusiast who invented the first version of these two essential car signals in 1914.
Turn signal and/or brake signal
This marine biologist and author of Silent Spring sparked the global environmental movement.
Rachel Carson
She invented the first car heater, which directed air from over the engine to warm the chilly toes of 19th-century motorists.
Margaret A. Wilcox
This Native American writer and activist fought for the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, ensuring voting rights for Indigenous people.
Zitkala-Ša
"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you."
Jane Goodall
While the auto industry has historically been male-dominated, women actually influence or make approximately this percentage of all car-buying decisions today.
85% (accept 80-85%)