Government
Who was the first woman vice president?
Kamala Harris
Who discovered the elements, polonium and radium?
Marie Curie
Who helped better hospital conditions and founded "Modern Nursing"
Florence Nightingale
Rita Moreno
Who was the first woman in the Supreme Court?
Sandra Day O'Connor
Who was both the first female House minority leader and first female speaker of the house?
Nancy Pelosi
Who helped calculate the math for the mission to the moon?
Katherine Johnson
Who founded the Red Cross? She was also a nurse during the Civil War.
Clara Barton
Who was the first African American woman to have a nonfiction bestseller?
Maya Angelou
Ida B. Wells
Who was the first Asian American Congresswoman
Patsy Mink
Who helped pioneer computer programming? She also retired as a U.S. Navy rear admiral.
Grace Hopper
Who invented the Hug Box?
Temple Grandin
Who triumphed through illnesses and accidents to become a world famous Mexican painter?
Frida Kahlo
Who was the first recipient of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Bob Hope Humanitarian Award?
Oprah Winfrey
Who was the first female African American U.S. Secretary of State and first female U.S. National Security Advisor?
Condoleezza Rice
Who was the first African American woman to travel to space?
Mae Jemison
What year did Gertrude Ederle swim across the English Channel?
1926
What year did the first female Director win an Academy Award?
2010, Kathryn Bigelow
This person advocated for people on the autism spectrum and wrote books about her own experience with autism.
Temple Grandlin
Who was the first U.S. delegate to the United Nations?
Eleanor Roosevelt
What woman helped develop fuel for the atomic bomb?
Chien-Shiung Wu
What was the first Olympics that women could compete in?
1900
Who survived an assassination attempt in 2012 after advocating for female education?
Malala Yousafzai
Who was a female Supreme Court who was known for having a friendship with another Justice who had different political views than her?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg