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First woman of color to be elected to an executive office in the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris.
In 1983, this woman became the first American astronaut to travel into space aboard the space shuttle, Challenger.
Who is Sally Ride.
She was a marine biologist and environmentalist - whose groundbreaking book, Silent Spring, has been credited as the catalyst for the modern environmental
movement.
Who is Rachel Carson.
In 2018, this woman became the first African American to receive the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award.
Who is Oprah Winfrey.
It was generally recognized that the first person to score a perfect 10 was a Romanian at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
Nadia Comăneci.
n 2001, this former first lady became the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from New York.
Who is Hillary Clinton.
Ellen Ripley was the fictional character and heroine in the Alien series played by this actress.
Who is Sigourney Weaver.
She was a nurse by profession. She was an advocate for caring for the poor that needed medical help. She founded a school for nursing. But she is best known as the founder of the modern nursing profession.
Who is Florence Nightingale.
She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928.
Who is Amelia Earhart.
She became the first woman to win an IndyCar Series by winning the 2008 Indy Japan 300.
Who is Danica Patrick.
Appointed by President Bill Clinton, this woman became the first to serve as Attorney General of the United States.
Who is Janet Reno.
2016 American biographical drama film about African American female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race, loosely based on a non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly.
What is Hidden Figures.
The winner of two Nobel Prize in two different sciences, she is the only woman to do so. Her major achievement was to produce radium as a pure metal and document its properties.
Who is Marie Curie.
Being appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court is no easy task. Who was the first woman to sit as a member of the Supreme Court in 1981?
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor.
She played running back for the Texas Revolution and became the first female to play in a men's pro football game as a non-kicker or placekick-holder.
Who is Jennifer Welter.
In 1988, this African-American woman became the first to secure ballot access in all 50 states as a presidential candidate.
Who is Dr. Lenora Fulani.
In 2017, this female astronaut broke the record for the most total days spent in space by any NASA astronaut.
Who is Peggy Whitson.
As an economist and statistician, this woman pioneered an approach to measuring poverty within the United States, within the technology that existed in the late 1960s.
Who is Mollie Orshnasky.
She was a teacher, a founder of a free public school, and a US Patent Office clerk. During the Civil War, she cared for soldiers in the field and organized
relief efforts on their behalf. After the war, she ran an Office of Missing Soldiers in Northwest Washington, and later organized the American Red Cross.
Who is Clarissa “Clara” Harlowe Barton.
She became the first woman to officiate a National Football League game. It was a pre-season game between the Green Bay Packers and the San Diego
Chargers.
Who is Shannon Eastin.
In 1986, she became the first woman to preside over a Southeast Asian country.
Who is Corazon Aquino (Country: Phillipines)
As a captain in the U.S. Navy, this woman became the first astronaut to walk in space in 1984.
Who is Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan.
One of the crowning achievements of this woman's 44-year career was the development of computer languages written in English, rather than mathematical notation - most notably, the common business computing language known as COBOL.
Who is Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper.
In a Cessna 180, this woman became the first woman to fly solo around the world, a trip that took 29 days that ended in Columbus, Ohio on April 17, 1964.
Who is Jerrie Mock.
In 1956, she became the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating.
Who is Tenley Albright.