Sports Legends
This tennis star won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in the Open Era.
Who is Serena Williams?
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, sparking the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This poet wrote Phenomenal Woman and Still I Rise.
Who is Maya Angelou?
The first American woman in space.
Who is Sally Ride?
This woman was the first female Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
The first female gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics.
Who is Nadia Comaneci?
The leading force behind the women's suffrage movement in the U.S.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
The author of Frankenstein, often credited as the first science fiction writer.
Who is Mary Shelley?
This NASA mathematician's calculations helped launch John Glenn into orbit.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The first Black Woman to become a Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
She won three gold medals in track and field at the 1960 Olympics, defying racial and gender barriers.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
The first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress and the first to run for President in a major party.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This artist is both the most nominated and awarded artist in Grammys history, with 99 nominations and 35 wins.
Who is Beyoncé?
The scientist who discovered radium and polonium.
Who is Marie Curie?
The first Black woman to travel into space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
The first woman to complete the Boston Marathon.
Who is Kathrine Switzer?
The youngest Nobel Prize winner, known for advocating girls' education.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
This artist, famous for her self-portraits, became an icon of Mexican culture.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
The computer scientist who coined the term "debugging" after removing a moth from a computer.
Who is Grace Hopper?
The first woman in the United States to earn and be granted a medical degree.
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
She became the first female boxer to win titles in seven weight divisions.
Who is Amanda Serrano?
This country was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1893.
What is New Zealand?
The first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama, for her play Miss Lulu Bett in 1921.
Who is Zona Gale?
She was the first woman to win the Fields Medal, the highest honor in mathematics.
Who is Maryam Mirzakhani?
This labor leader co-founded the United Farm Workers union.
Who is Dolores Huerta?