Trailblazing Women
She refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The first woman to be elected Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Known as the "mother of computer programming," she developed the first compiler.
Who is Grace Hopper?
This Mexican artist, known for her self-portraits, painted The Two Fridas.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
She is the most decorated gymnast in World Championship history.
Who is Simone Biles?
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This British Prime Minister was the first woman to lead the United Kingdom.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
This primatologist is famous for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees.
Who is Jane Goodall?
A poet and civil rights activist, she wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This U.S. soccer player is known for her leadership in the fight for equal pay in women's sports.
Who is Megan Rapinoe?
She was the first female justice appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981
Who is Sandra Day O’Connor?
The first woman to run for President of the United States in 1872.
Who is Victoria Woodhull?
This African American mathematician’s calculations were crucial to NASA’s first space missions
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The author of Pride and Prejudice, she wrote under her real name at a time when women often used male pseudonyms.
Who is Jane Austen?
She won four gold medals in track and field at the 1936 Olympics, defying gender and racial barriers.
Who is Betty Robinson?
The founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA in 1912.
Who is Juliette Gordon Low?
She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States and later worked for the United Nations.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
She was the first woman in space, launching aboard Vostok 6 in 1963.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
She was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1918.
Who is Sara Teasdale?
This tennis star won the "Battle of the Sexes" against Bobby Riggs in 1973.
Who is Billie Jean King?
This Pakistani activist won the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy of girls' education.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
The first woman elected to Congress in the U.S. in 1916.
Who is Jeannette Rankin?
This physicist and chemist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize—and the only person to win in two different sciences.
Who is Marie Curie?
This pioneering film director was the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director.
Who is Kathryn Bigelow?
The first woman to run the Boston Marathon with an official race number in 1967.
Who is Kathrine Switzer?