Women in Sports
With 11 medals total, she's the most decorated U.S. gymnast in Olympic history
Who is Simone Biles?
In the 1936 Berlin Olympics, this African-American athlete won four gold medals, setting records in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, long jump, and the 4x100 meter relay
Who is Jesse Owens?
This journalist and activist, known for her anti-lynching campaign, was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and later became a co-founder of the NAACP.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
She founded an international organization with the mission to ensure that every girl has access to 12 years of free, safe and quality education.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
She was the first female U.S. Secretary of State
Who is Madison Albright?
This woman joined the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team at just 15 years old, and when she retired in 2004, held a record of 158 international goals.
Who is Mia Hamm?
Edward and Burghardt were the middle names of this organizer of the NAACP
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This black trans woman was widely noted for her activism for LGBTQ+ rights particularly her work with the Gay Liberation Front
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
She, already a prominent member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), organized the founding conference of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at her alma mater Shaw University in 1960.
Who is Ella Baker?
The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, she retired as Justice in 2006
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
In 1973, she beat Bobby Riggs and also founded the Women's Tennis Association
Who is Billie Jean King?
This orator was the running mate of Victoria Woodhull when she ran for President in 1872
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
She was the first licensed Black pilot in the world, paving the way for a new generation of diverse fliers like the Tuskegee Airmen, Blackbirds, and Flying Hobos
Who is Bessie Coleman?
Following her husband's assassination in 1968, she founded a center for nonviolent social change in Atlanta
Who is Coretta Scott King?
She was the first woman to receive a Nobel prize for her works on radiations
Who is Marie Curie?
This American woman has won nine Olympic gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer
Who is Katie Ledecky?
Robert L. Johnson, the first African-American billionaire, launched this cable network back in 1980
What is BET (Black Entertainment Television)?
Elected in 1969 to represent New York's 12th district, she became the first Black woman elected to Congress. Later, she also became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
In 1920, the year the 19th Amendment was ratified, Carrie Chapman Catt founded this, the LWV for short
What is the League of Women Voters?
She was the first scientist to confirm that certain gases warm when exposed to sunlight, and that therefore rising carbon dioxide levels could increase atmospheric temperature and affect climate, a phenomenon now referred to as the greenhouse effect.
Who is Eunice Newton Foote?
This woman overcame polio to become the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
He was an American political activist, a prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights, who was also the principal organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963
Who is Bayard Rustin?
First elected in 1993, she was the first African-American woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate, the first African-American senator from the Democratic Party, and the first female senator from Illinois
Who is Carol Moseley Braun?
She is noted as the first female self-made millionaire, and is the subject of the 2020 film "Self Made"
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
First elected in 1993, she was the first African-American woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate, the first African-American senator from the Democratic Party, and the first female senator from Illinois
Who is Carol Moseley Braun?