Science You Should Know
She studied chimpanzees in Tanzania and changed how we understand animal behavior.
Who is Jane Goodall?
First Black woman Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
She wrote The Color Purple, which later became a film and musical.
Who is Alice Walker?
This investigative journalist exposed lynching in the South through her writing in the 1890s.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
Sang “Respect” and became known as the Queen of Soul.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This chemist won a Nobel Prize for mapping the structure of vitamin B12.
Who is Dorothy Hodgkin?
First woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, elected in 1979.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
Author of Anne of Green Gables, set in Canada
Who is Lucy Maud Montgomery?
At age 15, she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus—months before a more famous protest
Who is Claudette Colvin?
Tejano singer whose life was portrayed in a 1997 film starring Jennifer Lopez.
Who is Selena Quintanilla?
Mathematician whose NASA calculations helped send astronauts to the moon.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
First woman to lead Germany as Chancellor for 16 years.
Who is Angela Merkel?
Poet who read “On the Pulse of Morning” at Bill Clinton’s inauguration.
Who is Maya Angelou?
First Latina Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 2009.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
Country singer who wrote “I Will Always Love You.
Who is Dolly Parton?
Physicist nicknamed the “First Lady of Physics” who worked on nuclear research.
Who is Chien-Shiung Wu?
First female Secretary of State, appointed in 1997.
Who is Madeleine Albright?
Mystery writer who created detective Hercule Poirot.
Who is Agatha Christie?
Co-founder of the United Farm Workers who coined the phrase “Sí, se puede.”
Who is Dolores Huerta?
Jazz singer famous for “Strange Fruit.
Billie Holiday?
First Hispanic woman astronaut to go to space in 1993.
Who is Ellen Ochoa?
She was the first woman nominated for Vice President by a major U.S. political party in 1984.
Who is Geraldine Ferraro?
First African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
First Black woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1965.
Constance Baker Motley?
First female rapper inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Who is Queen Latifah?