Sports
This tennis superstar has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in the Open Era.
Who is Serena Williams?
A Supreme Court justice who became an unlikely pop‑culture icon, complete with the nickname “Notorious RBG.”
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
This actress who helped invent syndication, became the first woman to own and run a major television production company with Desilu Productions.
Who is Lucille Ball?
This Polish physicist and chemist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win 2 Nobel Prizes, and the only ever to win in two different scientific fields.
Who is Marie Skłodowska-Curie?
This 90’s girl group told us what they really wanted with the phrase “girl power."
Who are the Spice Girls?
This U.S. women’s soccer team co-captain helped lead her team to World Cup victories in 2015 and 2019 and is known for her activism off the field.
Who is Megan Rapinoe?
This amendment, ratified in 1920, finally granted women the right to vote in the United States.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This actress starred as Olivia Pope in the hit show, Scandal.
Who is Kerry Washington?
This statistician is known as the founder of modern nursing.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This singer’s 2016 visual album Lemonade turned a surprise drop into a full-on cultural event.
Who is Beyoncé?
In 1973, this tennis legend defeated Bobby Riggs in the famous “Battle of the Sexes” match.
Who is Billie Jean King?
She became the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981.
Who is Sandra Day O’Connor?
This actress has the most Academy Awards with a total of 4 Best Actress Awards.
Who is Katharine Hepburn?
This English Countess was a mathematician and writer whose work is considered the first algorithm intended for machine computers.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
The “Queen of Soul” whose voice powered both pop charts and the civil rights era’s soundtrack.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This track and field athlete, once known as “Flo-Jo,” still holds the world records in both the 100m and 200m sprints.
Who is Florence Griffith Joyner?
This 1972 law became pop‑culture shorthand for gender equity in education and is often linked to women’s sports.
What is Title IX?
This actress made history as the first Black actor to win an Oscar for her role in Gone with the Wind (1939).
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
This African American mathematician calculated and analyzed the flight paths of many spacecrafts during her more than 3 decades of service with the U.S. space program.
Who is Katherine Goble Johnson?
This rapper became the first solo female artist to win Best Rap Album at the Grammys.
Who is Cardi B?
This WNBA legend, a three-time MVP, spent her entire career with the Phoenix Mercury and is the league’s all-time leading scorer.
Who is Diana Taurasi?
This landmark 1994 law is often referenced in documentaries and news coverage about protections for survivors of domestic violence.
What is the Violence Against Women Act?
This director made history as the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director for her 2008 film The Hurt Locker.
Who is Kathryn Bigelow?
This physician is the first woman in America to receive a medical degree and opened her own medical college for women.
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
This singer became the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice.
Who is Stevie Nicks?