Women's History Month
She was the first First Lady to hold a Princeton undergraduate degree and a Harvard Law degree, entering the White House after serving in executive roles at the University of Chicago Medical Center
Michelle Obama
This LSU forward became a national champion in 2023 and later helped drive record viewership in women’s college basketball during the 2024 NCAA tournament
Angel Reese
This Black female entrepreneur invented a hair-care formula that made her one of the first self-made female millionaires in the United States.
Madam C. J. Walker
She became the first Black woman to headline Coachella in 2018, later turning the performance into a Netflix documentary.
Beyonce
This activist co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement following the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman.
Alicia Garza
This gymnast holds the record for the most World Championship medals in history and has four skills officially named after her
Simone Biles
The idea for this invention came to Mary Anderson while she was stuck in traffic. What was this invention?
a) air conditioning
b) windshield wipers
c) brakes
windshield wipers
This actress became the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002.
Halle Berry
In 1968, this Brooklyn congresswoman became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress and later ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972 under the slogan “Unbought and Unbossed.
Shirley Chisholm
After defeating Serena Williams in a controversial 2018 U.S. Open final, this player later became the first from her nation to reach No. 1 in singles.
Naomi Osaka
Elizabeth Magie invented "The Landlord's Game" in 1904. It was later copied and sold as what board game 30 years later?
a) Poker
b) Monopoly
c) Life
d) Chess
Monopoly
This EGOT-winning performer starred in The Color Purple and Ghost.
Whoopi Goldberg
This year marked the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the constitutional right to vote in the United States
1920
This athlete held all four major singles titles at once in 2002–2003 and again in 2014–2015.
Serena Williams
This African American woman invented caller ID and call waiting.
a) Rosa Parks
b) Shirley Ann Jackson
c) Marie Curie
d) Oprah Winfrey
Shirley Ann Jackson
She made history as the youngest two-time acting Emmy winner, but began her career on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up.
Zendaya
This Pakistani activist survived an assassination attempt in 2012 and later became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Malala Yousafzai
In 2022, this former WNBA player became the first Black woman to serve as a full-time assistant coach in the NFL
Jennifer King
This Nobel Prize–winning chemist conducted pioneering research on radioactivity and became the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.
Marie Curie
Before becoming the first Black woman to win the Primetime Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama, she delivered the line: “You get a wig. Everybody gets a wig.
Viola Davis