History
This woman was the first Latina ever elected to the a Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayer?
This South Korean girl group's hit song "Kill This Love" broke records in numerous countries. They recently broke 5 Guinness World Records for the most-viewed YouTube video in the first 24 hours of release and the most viewers for a video premiere on YouTube among others.
What is Black Pink?
This Black Poet who had over 50 honorary-degrees in addition to winning a Grammy and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her most well-known work is her autobiography Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This Disney-animated film, released in 2017, won the Oscar for Best Animated Film. The story follows a 12-year old Mexican boy who journeys to the Land of the Dead and seeks the help of his deceased musician great-great-grandfather to return him to his family among the living and to reverse his family's ban on music.
What is CoCo?
This Mexican female artist was married to Diego Rivera twice and is known for her portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
This female author was the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize. Two of her most-known novels are Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eyes.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This Tejano woman is most known for her hit songs "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" and "Como La Flor." She won the Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Who is Selena Quintanilla?
This Chicana cultural theorist wrote her renowned novel Borderlands: La Frontera in 1987.
Who is Gloria Anzaldúa?
This South Korean dark comedy film, released in 2019, won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. The story follows a poor family who scheme to become employed by a wealthy family and infiltrate their household by posing as unrelated, highly qualified individuals.
What is Parasite?
This Shoshone interpreter is best known for being the only woman on the Lewis and Clark Expedition into the American West.
Who is Sacagawea?
This was the first woman in modern history to lead a major Indigenous tribe--the Cherokee Nation.
Who is Wilma Mankiller?
This female rapper just broke Beyoncé’s Guinness World Records for Most simultaneous Billboard US Hot 100 entries by a female artist and Most simultaneous Billboard US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Top 10 entries by a female artist.
Who is Cardi B?
This Punjabi poet has become extremely popular on social media platforms in the recent years. Her most well-known book Milk and Honey was a New York Times Best Seller.
Who is Rupi Kaur?
This film, released in 2016, stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe. The plot follows a black, female mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and other missions at NASA.
What is Hidden Figures?
This woman was the first Hispanic woman to go to space and also the first Hispanic director of the Johnson Space Center. She graduated from Stanford with a Masters in 1981 and a PHD in 1985.
Who is Elena Ochoa?
This third-generation Japanese-American woman was the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress and was a founding member of the National Women’s Political Caucus.
Who is Patsy Mink?
This woman was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year. She did so in 1999.
Who is Lauryn Hill?
This woman was the first black woman and the youngest poet laureate in American history when she was appointed in 1993.
Who is Rita Dove?
This Mexican drama film, released in 2018, stars Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira. It was produced by Alfonso Cuarón. The plot follows the life of a live-in housekeeper of a middle-class family.
What is Roma?
This woman was the first Black female millionaire. She created the first hair straightening formula.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
This woman was the first Indigeous person to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 for her work in decreasing infant mortality and decreasing tuberculosis.
Who is Anne Dodge Wauneha?
In 1939, this woman wasn't able to perform at Constitution Hall because of a "white performers only” policy but first lady Eleanor Roosevelt protested and the singer eventually performed at Lincoln Memorial.
Who is Marian Anderson?
This woman is the incumbent United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold that honor.
Who is Joy Harjo?
This Black actress is the only Black woman to have achieved an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony).
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
This woman, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, was a prominent writer and activist who worked closely with black Marxist and black power leaders like Malcolm X during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Grace Lee Boggs?