Notable Figures
Sojourner Truth delivered this speech at the 1851 Women's Rights Convention held in Akron, Ohio.
What is "Ain't I a Woman?"?
Beyoncé, the most Grammy-awarded musician of all time, brought her record to 35 wins when this album was named Album of the Year in 2025.
What is Cowboy Carter?
1973:
This Supreme Court case which decreed that the federal government would protect American women's right to abortion.
What is Roe V. Wade?
This investigative journalist led an anti-lynching campaign throughout the United States in the 1890s.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This dancer made history in 2014 as the first Black ballerina to play the role of Clara in American Ballet Theater's production of The Nutcracker.
Who is Misty Copeland?
1920:
The ratification of this amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Shirley Chisholm occupied a seat in this chamber of Congress.
What is the House of Representatives?
Amy Sherald's painting of this distinguished woman currently hangs in America's National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.
Who is Michelle Obama?
1997:
This woman is sworn is as America's first female Secretary of State.
Who is Madeleine Albright?
Angela Davis was a part of this political party.
What is the Black Panther Party?
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What is the Communist Party?
Born in 1944, she was an activist who fought for civil, LGBTQ+, and women's rights through her poems.
Who is Audre Lorde?
1848:
This convention marked the inception of the women's suffrage movement in the United States.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This feminist and civil rights activist was a founder of the NAACP, and the first president of NACW.
Who is Mary Church Terrell?
Known for her role as Sarah in the Broadway musical Ragtime, this performer holds the records for most Tony Awards, with six wins.
Who is Audra McDonald?
2022:
This Supreme Court case overturned a 1973 landmark ruling which rendered abortion a fundamental right, instead giving individual states the power to regulate abortion.
What is Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization?