Firsts
She was the first female pilot to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
- The first female head writer for SNL
- Has won 9 Primetime Emmys, 3 Golden Globes, 5 SAG awards, and many more
- Wrote the best movie of all time, Mean Girls
Tina Fey
A sweet treat made with butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and chocolate chips
Chocolate Chip Cookie; Invented by Ruth Wakefield in 1938 by accident when she ran out of cocoa powder and thought her chunks of chocolate would have the same result.
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space, baby
And I'll write your name
Taylor Swift
Water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.
Snow
First woman to appear TWICE on a Person of the Year cover
Taylor Swift
- Has won 35 Grammy awards
- The first woman to headline an all stadium tour
- Billboard named her the Top Female Artist of the 2000s and the Greatest Pop Star of the 21st Century
Beyonce
A machine that is used to clean and dry dishware, cookware, and cutlery
Dishwasher; Josephine Cochrane 1886, She was frustrated with her servants chipping her fine china while washing dishes by hand, and wanted to find a better way to clean her delicate china without the risk of damage
"Exercise gives you endorphins, endorphins make you happy, and happy people just don't shoot their husbands"
Elle Woods/ Reese Witherspoon
A sticky yellowish-brown fluid made by bees and other insects from nectar collected from flowers, eaten as a sweet food.
Honey
First female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Aretha Franklin
- First overall draft pick in the 2004 WNBA draft
- 3x WNBA champion, 2x WNBA Finals MVP, 11x WNBA All-Star
- Holds the record for the most Basketball Gold medals in Olympics history
Diana Taurasi
A rubber blade that moves across a car's windshield to remove rain, snow, and other debris
Windshield Wipers; Mary Anderson 1903, she observed that streetcar drivers often had to open their windows in order to see during inclement weather, sometimes even stopping the streetcar to go outside to clear the window
"You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise"
Maya Angelou
A ceremonial chair for a Queen, King, or similar figure
Throne
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields.
Marie Curie
- First black woman to be nominated 3x in the comedy category at the Primetime Emmys
- one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in 2022
- Creator, Writer, & Co-Executive producer of ABCs Abbott Elementary
Quinta Brunson
A single-use absorbent undergarment that's worn by babies and children to catch and contain waste.
Disposable Diapers - Mary Donovan 1946, Frustrated by having to repeatedly change her daughter’s soiled cloth diapers, clothing, and sheets believed there had to be a better way to prevent diaper leaks from happening. Using material from a shower curtain, she cut and sewed pieces into a waterproof diaper cover.
“I paint flowers so they will not die”
Frida Kahlo
A repetition of similar sounds in two or more words
Rhyme
The first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Has 2 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- One of Time Magazine's "100 Most Important People of the Century"
-Created and starred in a sitcom named after her in the 1950s with her husband
Lucille Ball
An object that separates coffee grounds from brewed coffee. It's a cone or bowl that allows water to pass through, but traps the coffee grounds.
Coffee Filter - Melitta Bentz 1897, irritated by the grounds in her coffee cup she ripped a piece of blotting paper from her son’s school notebook and stuck it into an old tin pot in which she had punched some holes.
"I don't like to lose – at anything – yet I've grown most not from victories, but setbacks."
A very small, green or yellow plant that grows especially in wet earth or on rocks, walls, and tree trunks
Moss