Womens right
On December 1, 1955, this woman refused to move to the back of a city bus in protest of segregation.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This woman is the most decorated gymnast (man or woman) in the combined history of the Olympics and World Championships and has several gymnastics moves named after her.
Who is Simone Biles?
Who sang R.E.S.P.E.C.T?
who is Aretha franklin
This is the year the women’s basketball team wins its first NCAA championship, beating Duke in overtime, making UMD one of two schools at the time to have won an NCAA championship for both men and women’s basketball.
2006
This scientist is famous for her research on radioactivity and for being the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Marie Curie
Fought for white women’s suffrage
Who is Susan B. Anthony
This Tennis Player held all 4 grand slams titles at once in 2003 and 2015, she was also named female athlete of the decade.
Who is Serena Williams?
Which Black woman is an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy. Oscars and Tony) recipient?
Who is Whoopi Goldberg
This trailblazer is the first African American female to graduate with a degree in education in 1959.
Elaine Johnson Coates
This woman astronaut was the first American woman to travel into space aboard the Challenger in 1983.
Who is Sally Ride?
This woman was targeted by the Taliban for fighting for women’s right to education.
Who is Malala Yousafazi
This athlete won the women’s 100-meter title at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with a new personal best time of 10.65 seconds. She is one of the fastest women in the world.
who is Sha’Carri Richardson
Which country popularized the music style “Reggaeton”?
Puerto Rico
These students are the first women to enroll in the Maryland Agricultural school. Name at least one.
Elizabeth Hook and Charlotte Vaux
This primatologist is known for her detailed studies of chimpanzee social and family life.
Who is Jane Goodall?
This woman, famously known for being a black panther, advocated for the abolishment of the Prison Industrial Complex. Her most famous quote being “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”
Who is Angela Davis?
First woman to win an IndyCar Series race at the 2008 Indy Japan 300.
Who is Danica Patrick
Known as the sexiest woman alive, winning 3 golden globes and was the first woman to get a script and director approval in her films
who is marilyn monroe
This woman helped expand our university from 103 female students to 4,162 by the time she retires. (Hint: a popular student hub is named after her)
Adele H. Stamp
This British nurse is known as the founder of modern nursing.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
First Woman to be in the Supreme Court
who is Sandra Day O’Connor
This athlete was the first Black American woman to win an individual gold medal in Olympic swimming.
Who is Simone Manuel
Created special products for african- American hair, then became the first American self-made woman millionaire.
who is madame C.J walker
In what year did UMD’s female students create an athletic association in order to be involved in athletics?
1919
This woman's cells were taken to make the first human immortal cell line and have been used for medical research, including the development of the polio vaccine and COVID-19 vaccines.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?