Women & Church
She was elected as the first African American woman bishop in the AME Church.
Bishop Vashti McKenzie
This woman was the first woman in space
Sally Ride
Which amendment to the US Constitution gave suffrage to women (the right to vote)?
The 19th Amendment
She was the first female referee to officiate a Super Bowl.
Sarah Thomas
This woman was appointed by President F D Roosevelt as the Secretary of Negro Affairs and served as the president of the Daytona Beach Florida college that bears her name
Mary McLeod Bethune
She was elected as the first African American woman bishop in the AME Zion Church
Bishop Mildred Bonnie Hines
This woman was the first African American woman elected to the US Congress.
Representative Jeanette Rankin of Montana
The year that Congress passed the Violence against Women Act
1994
Known as the "Moses of her people", this woman enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a “conductor" of the Underground Railroad
Harriett Tubman
The description of a virtuous woman can be found in what Scripture?
Proverbs 31:10 – 31
She was appointed as the first woman Presiding Elder in the AME Zion Church, serving the Sanford District?
Dr. Ocie Matthews Brown
She was the first African American woman elected to the US Congress.
Shirley Chisholm of New York
This is a private historically black liberal arts college for women in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Bennett College
This civil right activist and poet famously wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", A New York Times best seller.
Maya Angelou
She was the first African American star of a TV drama in the series East Side/West Side, playing the role of secretary Jane Foster. She passed away on January 28, 2021 at the age of 97.
Cicely Tyson
This Dunn NC native served as the first woman Chief Financial Officer of the AME Zion Church.
Dr. Madie Simpson
The month that Women’s History Month is in
March
Who is the youngest African American woman to deliver the inaugural poem at a presidential inauguration?
Amanda Gorman
This journalist cofounded the NAACP and established the first black kindergarten.
Ida B. Wells
This woman, who passed away in 2020, fought for women's right during her time in the Supreme Court.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
She is the first elected bishop in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME)
Bishop Teresa Snorton
The year the first women’s history month was held
1981
She was the first African American woman to win a Tony Award
Juanita Hall
This woman was recorded by the Guinness Book of World Records as the first female self-made millionaire in the US.
Madam C. J. Walker
She was the first African American First Lady of the United States and introduced movements to fight childhood obesity
Michelle Obama