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She made history in 2021 as the first female vice president of the United States at the inauguration of the 46th president.
An American aviation pioneer and author, she was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.
This former Olympic medal-winning judoka (America's first female winner) forced the UFC to take notice and create a women's division. She was the first female to sign a deal with the world's largest MMA promotion, headlined UFC 157 on Feb. 23, 2013, and defeated Liz Carmouche in the first fight.
Who is Ronda Rousey?
A pioneer for American literature, this novelist, short story writer and poet is best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys.
Who is Louisa May Alcott?
In February 1980, President Jimmy Carter called Molly Murphy MacGregor, a teacher from Sonoma County to tell her he was proclaiming this week as National Women's History Week.
In 1993, this pioneer for women's rights was nominated to the Supreme Court. She became the second female justice (after Sandra Day O’Connor), the first Jewish justice since 1969, and the first female Jewish justice ever.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsberg?
She was the first to recognize that Charles Babbage's "Analytical Engine" had applications beyond pure calculation. She published the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as one of the first computer programmers.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
The first woman to ever win an IndyCar race, she also became the first woman to win the pole position for a Nascar Sprint Cup race. She did that at the Daytona 500 and finished eighth in that race on Feb. 24, 2013, the best finish by a female in Nascar history.
Who is Danica Patrick?
This woman wrote the first novel by an American to sell more than a million copies, “The Wide, Wide World”.
Who is Susan Warner?
This date is set aside annually as International Women's day worldwide.
What is March 8th?
The first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress and who was also a founding member of the National Women’s Political Caucus.
These African American women, featured in the box office film "Hidden Figures", were essential to the success of America's space program, particularly the launch of Friendship 7, the space shuttle that was responsible for enabling a human to orbit the earth for the first time in 1962.
Who are Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson?
This tennis champion won a record 20 Wimbledon titles in her 18-year career. Arguably her biggest win for women came in her 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" match against Bobby Riggs, who claimed the women's game was inferior.
Who is Billie Jean King?
She was the first African American woman to become the youngest poet laureate in American history when she was appointed in 1993.
Who is Rita Dove?
This U.S territory was the first to grant women suffrage, or the right to vote.
What is Wyoming?
In 1948, this United States delegate to the United Nations championed and won approval of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
Working alongside her husband, this Polish physicist’s research and observations on radioactivity not only culminated in the isolation of two new heavy elements, polonium and radium, but also earned her two Nobel prizes.
Who is Marie Curie?
On Sept. 23, 1992, she became the first woman to play in any of the four major North American sports when she played a period in net for the Tampa Bay Lightning during an exhibition game against the St. Louis Blues.
Who is Manon Rheaume?
This Italian physician and educator is best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy.
Who is Maria Montessori?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote, a right known as women’s suffrage, and was ratified on August 18, 1920.
What is the 19th amendment?
She became the first female Secretary of State of the United States, appointed by President Clinton in 1997.
Who is Madeleine Albright
This computer whiz with a bachelor’s degree from Vassar and a PhD in mathematics from Yale worked on the Mark I project, one of the original functioning computers, through Harvard and the United States Naval Reserve, as well as its future iterations Mark II and III.
Who is Grace Hopper?
She became the first woman to swim across the English Channel in 1926 after only five men had completed the task. It took only 14 and a half hours for the 19-year-old to make the 35-mile swim in the freezing cold water, topping the men's record by almost two hours. She also won a gold medal and two bronze medals at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
She survived after being shot in the head by a Taliban soldier at close range. After recovering, she went on to become an advocate of human’s rights and educational access for women. In 2014, at the age of seventeen, she became the youngest person to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her amazing work in bringing attention to these issues.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
Believing failure to be impossible, this New York disruptor is one of the main reasons ladies get to collect a sticker on election days in the United States.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?