Women From VA
American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. From Portsmouth VA
Wanda Sykes
Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history.
Simone Biles
This woman (D-California) became the first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2007.
Nancy Pelosi
In 2012 this actress was entered into Guinness Book of World Records as the highest-paid actress, with $56 million. In 2009 she won the award for Best Actress at the Golden Globes, Academy Awards, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance in the blockbuster hit The Blind Side. What is her name?
Sandra Bullock
the first overall pick in the first WNBA draft in 1997.
Tina Thompson
four-time Grammy Award-winning rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and cultural icon
Missy Elliott
American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer and was a two-time national player of the year with the Hawkeyes.
Caitlin Clark
In 2009 this former Senator from New York became the U.S. Secretary of State, making her the first American First Lady ever elected to national office
Hilary Clinton
An American singer, actress, film producer, and philanthropist. She is one of the most awarded performers of all time.Her crossover appeal and achievements on the popular music charts influenced the breaking down of gender and racial barriers in popular culture. Married to Bobby Brown from 1992-2007! What legend am I?
Whitney Houston
the first woman to coach in the Super Bowl. She was an offensive assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers during Super Bowl 54 in 2020.
Katie Sowers
born in Suffolk, Virginia. played basketball at King's Fork High School, where she became the school's MVP all four years, conference Player of the Year three times, as well as a McDonald's All-American.she scored 2,518 points to become the leading scorer all-time at Georgetown on either the men's or women's team. selected 2nd in the 2nd round of the 2013 WNBA draft as the 14th overall pick by the Minnesota Lynx.
Ta'Shauna "Sugar" Rodgers
basketball coach and former player from the University of Virginia who is the head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team
Dawn Staley
Who was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court appointed by President Reagan making her its first woman justice in the year 1981?
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
an American singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman. Rose to fame in 1997 as a member of Destiny's Child, April 4, 2008 I married Shawn Carter
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She worked at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, for most of her career. She started as a computer at the segregated West Area Computing division in 1951. In 1958, after taking engineering classes, she became NASA's first black female engineer.
Mary Jackson
NASA mathematician and aerospace technologist who played a vital role in the success of early US spaceflights. Her orbital mechanics calculations were critical for Alan Shepard's trajectory as the first American in space, and for John Glenn's flight on Friendship 7.
Creola Katherine Johnson
as the first woman to be drafted by an NBA team. The New Orleans Jazz selected her in the seventh round of the 1977 NBA draft.
Lusia Harris
The first woman to run for United States President, she was the candidate of the Equal Rights Party.
Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1872)
This American television host, philanthropist, entrepreneur and media personality was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her first movie debut in 1985 was in The Color Purple. At the end of the 20th century Life Magazine listed her as both the most influential woman and the most influential black person of her generation, and in a cover story profile the magazine called her "America's Most Powerful Woman”. Who am I?
Oprah Winfrey
An American attorney earning her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Harvard Law School in 1988. and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017
A poet who was a college professor at Virginia Tech, Also was an activist for civil rights in her college years.
Nikki Giovanni
two American professional tennis players. With a total of 231 titles and 8 Olympic Gold medals between the two
Venus and Serena Williams
District Attorney of San Francisco and Attorney General of California, The first woman, the first Black American, and the first South Asian American to be elected to this position.
Kamala Harris
n American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, absolute pitch, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. Also have a school name after me in Virginia
Ella Fitzgerald
American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.
Dr. Maya Angelou