Civil Rights Leaders
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955
Who is Rosa Parks?
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Who is Marie Curie?
First female Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Known as the “Queen of Soul.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Tennis legend with 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
Helped found the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Who is Betty Friedan?
NASA mathematician whose calculations helped send astronauts to space.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
First female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
Author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Gymnast who won four gold medals in a single Olympics.
Who is Simone Biles?
First Black woman elected to U.S. Congress (1968).
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Developed the COBOL programming language.
Who is Grace Hopper?
First female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979).
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
First Black woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
Soccer star who led the U.S. Women’s Team to multiple World Cups.
Who is Megan Rapinoe?
Co-founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and organizer of Freedom Summer.
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
First Black female engineer at NASA, featured in Hidden Figures.
Who is Mary Jackson?
First female president of Liberia and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Who is Ellen Johnson Sirleaf?
Most awarded female artist in Grammy history.
Who is Beyoncé?
First woman to dunk in a WNBA game.
Who is Lisa Leslie?
First woman president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Who is Sherrilyn Ifill?
First woman to travel to space (1963).
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
First female U.S. Secretary of State.
Who is Madeleine Albright?
First Black U.S. Poet Laureate (1993).
Who is Rita Dove?
Olympic sprinter who won three gold medals in 1960.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?