Historical Trailblazers
Who founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935?
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune
Who was the first Black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress?
Who is Halle Berry
Which poet wrote "Phenomenal Woman"?
Who is Maya Angelou
Which young activist gained national attention for advocating against police violence after her father Eric Garner was killed?
Who is Erica Garner?
Who is the founder of "Black Girls Code", which aims to empower young Black girls in tech?
Who is Kimberly Bryant
Which was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate?
Who is Carol Moseley Braun
Who was the first African American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Who is Dorothy Jean Dandridge
Who was the first SGA president at Grambling State University?
Who is Sheila Loeb
Name one of the Black women who co-founded Black Lives Matters.
Who is Patrisse Cullors (also Alicia Garza or Opal Tometi)
Who was the first female self-made millionaire in America, building an empire with haircare products?
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
Who is the first African- American woman to run for President of the United States?
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Who starred in the T.V. show "Empire" as Cookie
Who is Taraji P. Henson
Name the Harvard Professor and Political theorist who authored "Sister Citizen".
Who is Melissa Harris-Perry
What Black feminist coined the term "intersectionality"?
Who is Kimberle Crenshaw
Who authored the novel The Color Purple?
Who is Alice Walker?
Which African American woman became the first to receive a pilot's license in 1921?
Who is Bessie Coleman
Which tech entrepreneur founded the media platform Blavity Inc.
Who is Morgan DeBaun?
Who wrote the groundbreaking book Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism?
Who is Bell Hooks ?
Who founded the #MeToo movement?
Who is Tarana Burke
Which beauty mogul became a billionaire through her Fenty brand and empowers women of color in the beauty industry?
Who is Rihana
Who was the first Black woman to travel to space?
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?
Which rapper made history as the first solo female rapper to win Best Rap Album at the Grammys?
Who is Cardi B?
Who was the first Black woman appointed as U.S. Poet Laureate?
Who is Rita Davis
Who was the first Black woman to refuse giving up her seat on a segregated bus before Rosa Parks?
Who is Claudette Calvin?
Who is Ursula Burns (Xerox)