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Who travelled thousands of miles with her baby on her back to help guide and interpret for Lewis and Clark
Sacagawea
An author and disability rights activist who became the first deaf-blind person to earn a college degree
Helen Keller
First woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Sandra Day O'Connor
First African American First Lady?
Michelle Obama
Who works in bubble skin care on campus?
Hint: HSA prez and Coke-a-Cola rep
Jilian Abarca
An abolitionist who helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad and served as a nurse and spy during the American Civil War.
Harriet Tubman
First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Amelia Earhart
First Black woman elected to Congress.
Shirley Chiholm
First woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party
Hillary Clinton
What military branch was Mrs Hillary in?
Army
A major leader of the women’s suffrage movement who fought for women’s voting rights throughout the 1800s
Susan B. Anthony
who served as a spy for the French Resistance during WWII.
Hint: French black woman
Josephine Baker
First Black woman in space (1992).
Mae Jemison
Who is a 4-time Olympic gold medalist who won the 2017 Australian Open (Tennis) while pregnant?
Serena Williams
Name a VSU honors female identifying student and list her accomplishments. You have 10 seconds.
N/A
A Cuban-born woman who claimed to disguise herself as a man to fight in the American Civil War and later wrote The Woman in Battle.
Loreta Janeta Velázquez
The first Chinese American movie star in Hollywood, breaking barriers for Asian actors
Anne May Wong
First Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Toni Morrison
One of the first openly transgender women competing in professional MMA.
Fallon Fox
Who has majors in finance, accounting, and applied economics and leadership positions in the following: SGA, ENACTUS, HSA, HSP, and International Night
Diya Modi
A Civil War nurse who later founded the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton
A labor rights activist who later co-founded the United Farm Workers.
Dolores
A Black trans woman who co-founded the (STAR). She is often credited with throwing the first brick at the 1969 Stonewall Riots.
Marsha P Johnson
Former U.S. Navy SEAL who later became an advocate for transgender service members.
Kristin Beck
During the New Deal, Powell Library was the centerpiece construction. Who dedicated it?
First lady Eleanor Roosevelt