Say My Name
1st Female Vice President
Kamala Harris ( 49th Vice President)
( she is also the first woman, the first African American, and the first South Asian American to hold the office of Attorney General in the state's history sworn in on January 3, 2011)
Women Sports in 1900
This was the first time women were allowed to compete in the Olympic games.
28 Grammy Wins
Who is Beyonce Knowles
(the most-awarded woman in the history of the Grammy Awards)
Fire Escape
Who is Anna Connelly
(Tenement fires were much more deadly before Connelly invented an external metal staircase, the very first fire escape. In addition to saving lives, her invention also precipitated one of the first New York City building codes, which required residential buildings to have a secondary means of escape for emergencies. )
QA Audit Supervisors
Destiny Keel
Nikita Joshi
Tara Moore
1st U.S. Woman in Space
Sally Ride
(She was both the first woman in space and first gay astronaut when she flew on the Challenger space shuttle in 1983, however Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb was the first woman to pass astronaut testing in 1961.)
March 8,1908
What is International Women's Day?
(IWD was born on 3/8/1908 when 15,000 women marched through the streets of New York City to demand shorter hours, better pay, and the right to vote. )
It wasn't until 2011 — to honor the centennial of the first International Women's Day event — that President Barack Obama declared the entire month of March "Women's History Month" in the United States.
Queen of Jazz
Who is Ella Fitzgerald
(aka the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella" best known for her scat singing)
Coffee Filter
Who is Melittle Benz
(Pour-over coffee fans may be surprised to learn that the company Melitta isn't named after an Italian coffee maker. It's actually named after Melitta Bentz, a German entrepreneur who invented an easy, minimalist way to make coffee by placing it in a filter and pouring water over it)
1st Site Manager for Walmart CLT Location
Who is Laura Kennedy
Only woman to have Won Nobel Prize Twice
Who is Marie Curie
(Polish scientist Marie Curie received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903 for her research on spontaneous radiation. She won the prize for chemistry eight years later in 1911 for her work in radioactivity. )
July 10,1953
Who is Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
(French billionaire heiress and an author of Bible commentaries and works on Jewish-Christian relations. Her family owns the company L'Oréal)
Currently the richest women in the world estimated worth 75.3 Billion
The 1st Woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Who is Aretha Franklin
(Inducted in 1987)
The Dishwasher
Who is Josephine Cochrane
(Though other prototypes existed, it took a woman's common sense to create a dishwasher that actually cleaned the dishes. Cochran's design was the first that used water pressure rather than scrubbers to remove debris)
The president and chief executive officer of Walmart International
Who is Judith McKenna
1st Female on US Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
(President Ronald Reagan nominated her to fill the vacancy left on the Supreme Court by the retirement of Justice Potter Stewart. O'Connor was confirmed unanimously by the Senate and was sworn in as the first female justice on September 25, 1981)
Women's Rights 1974
Equal Credit Opportunity Act
passed in 1974-women won a legal right to apply for credit cards separate from their husbands.
1st Female Designer
Who is Madeline Chéruit (born Louise Lemaire)
(Chéruit mastered the craft of dressmaking in the late 1880s at the couture house of Raudnitz & Cie )
Who is Mary Anderson
(After receiving a patent in 1903, Anderson tried to sell her new windshield cleaning device to a manufacturer, who refused, stating that her invention lacked practical value. Her windshield wipers failed to take off before her patent expired and it was 10 years before a similar device became standard on cars)
The president and CEO of Sam’s Club
Who is Kathryn McLay
1st National Youth Poet Laureate
Who is Amanda Gorman
(Amanda S. C. Gorman is an American poet and activist. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism & race)
December 3, 1919
Helen Robson Walton
( a philanthropist and prominent arts advocate, was also the wife of Wal-Mart and Sam's Club founder Sam Walton)
Baby 1 More Time
What is Britney Spears #1 best selling song
(1999)
Computer Algorithm
Who is Ada Lovelace
(While translating the notes of mathematics professor Charles Babbage for his theoretical invention the analytical engine, Lovelace added her own notes, tripling the original text, and is credited with writing the world's first computer algorithm. )
Walmart U.S. Executive Vice President for Consumables
Who is Latriece Watkins