Government
She is the first African American and female Vice President of the U.S.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Daughter of poet Lord Byron and a renowned computer programmer.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
She is known for her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
The U.S. Constitutional amendment granting some women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment?
Miss Hockaday's original first name (as entered in her family Bible).
What is Eliza?
She is the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
She calculated flight patterns for U.S. spacecrafts and helped send astronauts to the moon.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
She loosely based her book, Little Women, on her own childhood.
Who is Louisa May Alcott?
She is a former gospel singer crowned "Queen of Soul", known for her song entitled "Respect".
Who is Aretha Franklin?
The first college Miss Hockaday attended. (HINT: formerly known as North Texas Normal College in Denton).
What is the University of North Texas?
She is the first woman to run for president in the U.S.
Who is Victoria Woodhull?
She is the first Latina female astronaut.
Who is Ellen Ochoa?
She read her poem, The Hill We Climb, at President Biden's inauguration.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
She confidently stated to a friend: "Come at once, I am starting my school on Monday."
Who is Ela Hockaday?
The year Miss Hockaday agreed to head a girl's college preparatory school.
What is 1913?
She is the first female prime minister of India.
Who is Indira Gandhi?
An English fossil hunter who discovered the first Plesiosaurus; her discoveries helped to further develop the field of paleontology.
Who is Mary Anning?
She wrote a popular series featuring a fun-loving protagonist named Ramona.
Who is Beverly Cleary?
She is an American architect who is best known for her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Who is Maya Lin?
The school motto Miss Hockaday selected.
What is Virtus Scientia (virtue and knowledge)?
She is the second woman on the Supreme Court, nicknamed the "Notorious R.B.G."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
She was a French physicist and is well known for her intensive study of radioactivity. (Won a Nobel Prize twice.)
Who is Marie Curie?
She wrote an award-winning book about her childhood, Brown Girl Dreaming.
Who is Jacqueline Woodson?
She refused to give up her seat on a bus months before Rosa Parks did the same.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
Miss Hockaday's birthday.
What is March 12th?