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She is one of the first superheroes of DC comics and is one of the strongest superheroes of all time.
Who is Wonder Woman?
Mathematician whose calculations were critical for the success of the first American in space and the Apollo moon landing.
Who was Katherine Johnson?
An American politician and attorney. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history. She was also the first Black and the first South Asian vice president.
Who is Kamala Devi Harris?
A young Jewish girl who died in a concentration camp in 1945. Her father, Otto Frank, escaped and published his daughter's now-famous diaries in 1947, which chronicled her experiences during the Holocaust. Her writing has helped historians (and readers) better understand the time.
Who is Anne Frank?
The first Latina to become a U.S. Supreme Court justice. Since then, she has built her reputation on being an advocate for criminal justice reform and women’s rights.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
Barbie doll was created by the American businesswoman. The doll was manufactured by American toy and entertainment company Mattel and introduced on March 9, 1959.
Who is Ruth Handler?
As an English mathematician, she is credited with being the world's first computer programmer. Her notes on Babbage’s Analytical Engine are known as the first description for computer software and her efforts
Who is Ada Lovelace?
Became the third prime minister of India, and is one of few examples of women rising to power in the country. She continued in her role for more than 20 years until she was assassinated in 1984.
Who was Indira Gandhi?
A Cuban-American singer, actress, and businesswoman. An eight-time Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and Billboard. Her record sales exceed 100 million worldwide, making her one of the best-selling female singers of all time.
Who is Gloria Estefan?
She battled gender discrimination throughout her career and made history when she became the second woman, and first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
Who was Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
She is one of the founders of Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop or CTW). The organization is famous for the creation of the children's television show Sesame Street, which was co-created by her.
Who was Joan Ganz Cooney?
An Indian American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space.
Who was Kalpana Chawla?
Honored and recognized as the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. She is also the first woman elected as chief of a major Native tribe. She spent her remarkable life fighting for the rights of American Indians.
Who was Wilma Mankiller?
Widely-known American jazz singer when, in 1958, she made history, becoming the first African American woman to win a Grammy. She collected two that year: best individual jazz performance and best female vocal performance
Who was Ella Fitzgerald?
An American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Who is Gloria Steinem?
Often referred to as the "female Michael Jordan," s a certified basketball legend. As one of the first women to be signed into the WNBA, She paved the way for the greats that would follow her, but she made sure to set the bar high—throughout her career, she has won three Olympic gold medals.
Who is Sherly Swoopes?
She made groundbreaking discoveries in HIV/AIDS research as the first scientist to clone the virus. She developed new treatments that have saved millions of lives worldwide. As the most-cited female scientist of the 1980s, she opened doors for women in science.
Who was Flossie Wong-Staal?
An American politician who, in 1968, became the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress and ran for US Presidency.
Who was Shirley Chisholm?
She would become the voice of a nation; throughout the '60s, the "Queen of Salsa" became one of the most prolific musicians in Latin America. At the same time, championed the cause of her fellow Cubans during the regime of Fidel Castro, speaking out against the violence of his government.
Who is Celia Cruz?
As the first woman of color elected to Congress, Patsy Mink co-authored the Title IX Education Amendments of 1972, which banned gender discrimination in education. She fought tirelessly to overcome both gender and racial barriers, becoming the first Japanese American woman to practice law in Hawaii. Her work opened doors for millions of women in sports, education, and professional fields.
Who was Patsy Mink?
“The Landlord‘s Game,” originally patented in 1904 by woman inventor, was a critique of the injustices of unchecked capitalism and is the first version of the iconic game “Monopoly.”
Who is Elizabeth Magie?
One of the first Black women hired at the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia. Working as a mathematician, she specialized in complex calculations that laid the groundwork for what would later become the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Who is Gladys West?
The highest-ranking African-American US officer woman in the army by the completion of the World War II. She was the first African-American woman to become an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (later WACs) and was the commanding officer of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion,
Who was Charity Earley?
This photo of woman bending over machinery with her hair pulled back in a red bandana was the inspiration behind "Rosie the Riveter." A version of Rosie was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1943 in a patriotic campaign to get women into the workforce, but the iconic photo was originally created as a poster for Westinghouse Electric Corporation with the now-popular phrase, "We Can Do It.”
Who was Naomi Parker?
A feminist and women's rights activist, coined the term "birth control." She wrote pamphlets and opened a women's health clinic decades before her biggest achievement—getting the Food and Drug Administration to approve the first oral contraceptive, Enovid, in 1960
Who is Margaret Sanger?