Trailblazers
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer: Amelia Earhart
Who is known for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama?
Answer: Rosa Parks
Who was the scientist whose work led to the discovery of radioactivity?
Answer: Marie Curie
Who wrote Little Women?
Answer: Louisa May Alcott
Who was the first female gymnast to score a perfect 10 in the Olympics?
Answer: Nadia Comaneci
Who was the first female Supreme Court Justice in the U.S.?
Answer: Sandra Day O’Connor
Who was a leader of the women’s suffrage movement and appeared on the U.S. dollar coin?
Answer: Susan B. Anthony
Who helped send astronauts to space by calculating trajectories at NASA?
Answer: Katherine Johnson
Who painted The Two Fridas and is known for her self-portraits?
Answer: Frida Kahlo
Who is the female tennis player who won the match against a male opponent in 1973?
Answer: Billie Jean King
Who was the first Black woman to go to space?
Answer: Mae Jemison
Who is the Pakistani activist who won a Nobel Prize for advocating girls' education?
Answer: Malala Yousafzai
What marine biologist wrote Silent Spring and raised awareness about environmental issues?
Answer: Rachel Carson
Who was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Answer: Toni Morrison
Who was the first Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Answer: Halle Berry
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer: Marie Curie
What movement fought for women’s voting rights in the U.S.?
Answer: The suffrage movement
Who invented the first computer algorithm?
Answer: Ada Lovelace
Who wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
Answer: Maya Angelou
Who won 23 Grand Slam singles titles in tennis?
Answer: Serena Williams
Who was the first female Vice President of the U.S.?
Answer: Kamala Harris
Who co-founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) and wrote The Feminine Mystique?
Answer: Betty Friedan
What famous primatologist is known for her work with chimpanzees?
Answer: Jane Goodall
Who was the first female poet to have her work published in colonial America?
Answer: Anne Bradstreet
Who was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon (after registering with just her initials)?
Answer: Kathrine Switzer