Famous Women
She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
This day, celebrated on March 8, honours women’s achievements.
International Women's Day
She was an African American mathematician who helped NASA send astronauts to space.
Katherine Johnson
She was the first female tennis player to win 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Serena Williams
The official color of International Women’s Day is ____.
purple
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama in 1955, helping start the Civil Rights Movement (a movement for the rights of black people)
Rosa Parks
This country was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1893.
New Zealand
This scientist discovered the structure of DNA but did not receive the Nobel Prize.
Rosalind Franklin
This country hosted the first official Women’s World Cup in 1991.
China
This famous doll, created in 1959, was named after the daughter of its inventor.
Barbie
This Pakistani activist won the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for girls’ education.
Malala Yousafzai
The women’s suffrage movement fought for this right.
the right to vote
The first computer programmer in history was a woman from the 19th century.
Ada Lovelace
The first female Olympic champion won in this sport in 1900.
tennis
The first country to elect a female president was in South America.
Argentina
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and to discover radioactivity.
Marie Curie
In 1921, Sweden gave women this important right.
the right to vote
She invented the first windshield wipers for cars.
Mary Anderson
She was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon officially.
Kathrine Switzer
This world-famous book series was written by a woman named J.K. Rowling.
Harry Potter
This famous artist painted “The Two Fridas” and is known for her self-portraits.
Frida Kahlo
This global organization created a special day to highlight gender equality.
the United Nations
This woman helped develop the technology that led to Wi-Fi.
Hedy Lamarr
The Swedish national women’s soccer team won silver in this Olympic year.
2016
This woman was the longest-reigning British monarch before passing away in 2022.
Queen Elizabeth II