Politics
This politician recently became vice president of the United States after serving in the U.S. Senate and as attorney general for the state of California.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Marie Curie was a Polish-French physicist that made numerous advancements for cancer treatment and nuclear energy. Name one of the two elements that she discovered throughout her research.
What are Radium and Polonium?
This American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. She was later named "the first lady of civil rights".
Who is Rosa Parks?
This tennis player advocates for equal standards for black women in sports, especially after receiving $17,000 in fines for disputing alleged sexist penalties.
Who is Serena Williams?
This American singer, songwriter, and pianist, also know as the "Queen of Soul", she is one of the world's best-selling music artists with global sales of over 75 million records. Her most famous song is "Respect".
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This Supreme Court justice fought for equal pay and other women's rights throughout her 27 years as a SCOTUS justice until her death in 2020.
Who is Ruth Bather Ginsburg?
Rosalind Franklin is famous for discovering the what shape of DNA. Her bosses, Watson and Crick, later took credit for the discovery and won a Nobel Prize.
What is the double helix?
This Pakistani woman was shot in the head for advocating for girls' education. She later became the youngest receiver of a Nobel Prize at 17 years old.
Who is Malala?
This athlete became the face of mental health in sports after opting out of competition during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Who is Simone Biles?
This singer, songwriter, actress, and activist has won six Grammy Awards and one of the world’s most influential people by Time. She is also an LGBTQIA+ activist and philanthropist, founding the "Born This Way Foundation" after her hit song.
Who is Lady Gaga?
This politician and diplomat became the first female Secretary of State under the presidency of Bill Clinton in 1997.
Who is Madeline Albright?
This mathematician became the first black female engineer at NASA in 1958 and the third African American to earn a PhD. Her accomplishments were later highlighted in the movie Hidden Figures (2017).
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This transgender woman and drag queen was an advocate for all LGBTQIA+ rights. She became a voice for non gay, white men in the pride parades and is know for her speech "Y'all Beter Quiet Down".
Who is Sylvia Rivera?
This athlete is considered “the fastest woman of all time” and set the record for the 100 and 200 meters in 1988.
Who is Delorez Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith Joyner?
This Mexican artist was known for her self portraits and unique unibrow. She later won the award for the National Prize of Arts and Sciences.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
This politician is the youngest woman and youngest Latina to ever serve for the United States Congress and has introduced over 23 pieces of legislation and has seen several passed.
Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
Beginning her work in 1960, Dr. Jane Goodall, an English anthropologist, is best know for her study of this animal.
What is a chimpanzee?
Former slave Sojourner Truth became a strong orator supporting anit-slavery and women's suffrage. She is most famously know for this speech in support of intersectional feminism.
What is "Ain't I a Woman?"
This Olympian was named Women's Player of the Year by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in 2019 and is currently engaged to a fellow gold metal Olympian.
Who is Megan Rapinoe?
This activist, journalist, and author researched lynchings after the Civil War and proved that they were a brutal tactic used to control and punish black people. She later became a strong voice for intersectional women's suffrage.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
Queen Liliʻuokalani was the first and last reigning queen of this kingdom before it was overthrown by the United States.
What is the Kingdom of Hawai'i?
This African American woman's cells were non consentually taken from her body and used for cancer research. Her cell line is still reproducing to this day.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
Millie Ketcheschawno of the Muskogee Creek Nation was the founder of this holiday at UC Berkeley, the first time that the holiday was celebrated in the U.S.
What is Indigenous Peoples' Day?
Laurel Hubbard from New Zealand became the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympic Games and competed in this sport.
What is weightlifting?
This author and abolitionist wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel that had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?