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Potpourri
200

This famous cultural icon came to represent the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II

Rosie the Riveter

200

Rosalind Franklin has only recently started to receive credit, but it was her research and x-ray diffraction images that enabled Watson and Crick to discover the structure of this molecule

DNA

200

This month is celebrated annually as Women's History Month

March

200

Of the companies first 14 employees, ___ were women.

8

200

This British royal was nicknamed 'the Rebel Princess'

Princess Diana of Wales

400

This teacher and companion of Helen Keller was the first woman to have her ashes interred in a memorial at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

Anne Sullivan

400

This Mexican artist was memorialized in the Barbie Inspiring Women series, but Mattel faced criticism when the doll did not include her signature unibrow

Frida Kahlo

400

In 1980, this President of the United States signed the first proclamation declaring the week of March 8 as National Women's History Week.

Jimmy Carter

400

Johnson & Johnson seeks to foster girls’ STEM education and prepare them to pursue advanced degree/careers in the field through this program.

WiSTEM2D

400

Nicknamed ‘the Lady with the Lamp’,  she – in addition to tending to the sick during the Crimean War – reported back to the army medical services on how to reduce avoidable deaths

Florence Nightingale

600

These tennis-playing sisters have won a combined 30 Grand Slam singles titles and 14 Grand Slam doubles titles

Venus and Serena Williams

600

This famous now-saint convinced the crown prince Charles to allow her to lead a French army against the invading English, but was eventually burned at the stake for witchcraft

Joan of Arc

600

The National Women's History Alliance's theme for both the 2020 and 2021 National Women's History Month is "Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to Be Silenced", in recognition of the centennial of this event

Ratification of the 19th Amendment

600

Hired in 1908, she was J&Js first woman (staff) scientist

Edith von Kuster

600

Internationally, this color is often associated with and worn on Women's Day

Purple

800

She read her poem, "The Hill We Climb", at President Joe Biden's inauguration

Amanda Gorman

800

She is the first person (not just woman) to be awarded a second Nobel Prize

Marie Curie

800

The first International Women's Day was held on 19 March, in this 20th Century decade

'10's (held in1911)

800

In 1984, J&J debuted this item that had a 99% accuracy rate in 30 minutes, giving women a much easier way to learn about their health status

Advance Home Pregnancy Test

800

This famous aviator disappeared in 1937 somewhere between New Guinea and Howland Island while attempting to circumnavigate the globe via airplane

Amelia Earhart

1000

In June 2016, she became the first woman to be a major party's nominee for president

Hilary Clinton

1000
As the first female Prime Minister of India, she served twice, from 1966-1977, and from 1980 until her assassination by her own bodyguards in 1984

Indira Gandhi

1000

Women's History Week was expanded to Women's History Month in this year

1987

1000

J&J created this in 1984 to make giving birth less dangerous, including sterile medical products & how-to guides.

Maternity Kit

1000

This American feminist journalist and social political activist became nationally recognized as the spokeswoman for the American feminist movement in the 1960s and 1970's

Gloria Steinem