Women in STEM
She was a pioneering physicist who discovered radium and polonium. She won two Nobel Prizes for her work.
Who is Marie Curie?
With a career spanning 17 years and including positions such a General Manager of Hose Products Division and President of Engineered Materials Group, this woman now serves as the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Parker Hannifin Corporation.
Who is Jennifer Parmentier?
This genre-spanning Texas native has won more Grammys than any other artist in history.
Who is Beyonce Knowles?
Representing justice, growth, and truth, these three colors symbolize International Women's Day.
What are purple, green, and white?
Nivera Wallani of Plano, Texas serves as the Global Chief Development Officer of this restaurant chain, the second largest in the world.
What is KFC?
What is Capital One?
In 1945 after World War II, this person assumed control of the Parker Appliance Company and saved it from collapse by refocusing its efforts onto civilian manufacturing.
Who is Helen Parker?
This celebrated Mexican artist, known for her vibrant colors and striking self-portraits, used her art to explore themes around feminism, disability, and queerness.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
This American city hosted the first Women's Day event in 1909 to demand women's participation in the voting process.
What is New York City?
This Texas-born First Lady transformed national perception of this role in the White House, while championing the Highway Beautification Act and creating the National Wildflower Research Center.
Who is Lady Bird Johnson?
Radia Perlman, MIT PHD graduate, is known as the "Mother of ______," forever changing the way people relate to each other.
What is the Internet?
Parker parts played a significant role in this 1970s thriller.
What is JAWS?
This woman from Spring, Texas is the most decorated Olympic gymnast in history, having won seven gold medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
In this year Iceland became the first country to make a "pay gap" between men and women working the same job illegal.
What is 2018?
Former WNBA player Becky Hammon, working the front of bench as an Assistant Coach, became the first female to direct an NBA game for this team.
What is the San Antonio Spurs?
Scientist and mathematician Katherine Johnson was the first Black woman to work for this government entity.
What is NASA?
Which pivotal, historical event did Parker parts make possible?
What is the Moon Landing?
At this age Malala Yousefzai became the youngest person to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for children's rights to educational opportunities.
What is 17 years old?
This country was the first to give women the right to vote in 1893.
What is New Zealand?
Attorney Irma Rangel became the first Mexican-American woman to be elected to this governing body, ultimately serving over 20 years.
What is the Texas House of Representatives?
In 2012, Ginni Rometty made history as the first female CEO of this tech company.
What is IBM?
In which 1990s blockbuster were Parker parts an integral part of the set?
What is Titanic?
As a girl, this famous writer didn’t speak for five years. As an adult, her writing became the voice of the Civil Rights Movement. Along with books, she wrote poems, songs, plays, and movies.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This is the theme of International Women's Day this year?
What is #ACCELERATEACTION?
During this year Bessie Coleman, hailing from Atlanta, Texas, became the first female Black and Native American international pilot.
What is 1921?