Movies that pass the Bechdel Test
Her purpose was to protect mankind. An amazingly strong and skilled fighter with the powers of a god.
Who is Wonder Woman?
This American tennis player has won twenty-three Grand Slams.
Serena Williams
First woman Vice President of USA
Kamala Harris
This African-American author’s most famous novel, published in 1937, is titled Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Zora Neale Hurston
Made famous by a Disney movie, she is one of China’s most famous warriors.
Mulan
This film only has two named female characters, but the movie is literally about them and their relationship to each other. Although they spend a good portion of the film apart they still manage to have many conversations about important things like their love for each other and saving their Kingdom from perpetual winter.
What is Frozen?
This was the first year women were allowed to compete in the Olympics.
1928
This trans woman famously threw the first brick that started the Stonewall Riots.
Marsha P. Johnson
She was inspired to write her most famous work after a ghost story competition in 1816.
Mary Shelley (Frankenstein)
Who was the first ever Disney Princess?
Snow White
The three women talk about their work launching Project Mercury into space (ranging from aerospace engineering, to analytical geometry, to calculating trajectories, to phenomenally advanced maths), as well as about the professional obstacles in their way due to the prejudiced attitudes of their male, white co-workers.
What is Hidden Figures?
This retired soccer player holds the record for international goals in both men’s and women’s soccer with one hundred eighty-four goals.
Abby Wambach
She is the first Latina U.S. Supreme Court Justice and the third woman to serve as an Associate Justice in the high court. She was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2009.
Sonia Sotomayor
Little Fires Everywhere is her second novel, published in 2017 and adapted for television by Hulu in 2020
Celeste Ng
What is Sleeping Beauty's actual name?
Aurora
Based on real historical events - the Agojie were a real fighting unit who were instrumental in protecting the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful African states at the time.
What is The Woman King
This American legislative act, passed in 1972, required sports to be accessible regardless of gender.
Title IX
An American snowboarder and two-time gold medalist. During the 2018 Winter Olympics she became the youngest woman to win a snowboarding gold medal at the age of 17.
Chloe Kim
The 25-year-old published her first book Milk and Honey in 2014. This book is filled with poetry, prose and even hand-drawn illustrations. Impressively, sales for this young poet’s book surpassed the 2.5 million mark.
Rupi Kaur
The Name of the First Black Disney Princess
Tiana
Nina is a superb ballerina with a controlling mother who is determined for her to be the best. It seems her dream comes true when she’s chosen as the prima ballerina for her company’s production of Swan Lake, but she struggles to capture the essence.
What is The Black Swan
This movie, set during World War II, is about a professional women's baseball league.
A League of Their Own
She was the premiere behind-the-scenes organizer, co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) headed by Martin Luther King, Jr., and an inspiring force behind the creation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Ella Baker
With the guidance of her friend, the novelist James Baldwin, she began work on the book that would become I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Published in 1970, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings received international acclaim made the bestseller list. The book was also banned in many schools during that time.
Maya Angelou
Name 5 Disney Princesses