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This woman became famous for refusing to give up her bus seat, sparking a major civil rights moment?

Who was Rosa Parks?

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This sport is associated with Serena and Venus Williams

What is tennis?

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Nicknamed the "Queen of Soul", she was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Who was Aretha Franklin?

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This comedic actress starred in 'I Love Lucy' and became one of TV’s biggest pioneers

Who was Lucille Ball?

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Mary Anderson invented this item, which help motorists when driving in rain and snow

What are windshield wipers?

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Nicknamed "The Iron Lady," she became the first female British prime minister.

Who was Margaret Thatcher?

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Lindsey Vonn became known for dominating downhill events for nearly two decades in this sport

What is skiing? 

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Diana Ross led this famous all-girls group in the 1960s. 

Who were The Supremes?

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This female talk show host beat Phil Donahue in the ratings in Chicago and built a media empire on her name brand.

What is Oprah Winfrey?

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Amelia Earhart became the first women to fly solo across this ocean

What is the Atlantic?

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in 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman to win this prize, for her groundbreaking research on radioactivity.

What is the Nobel Prize?

300

Wilma Rudolph overcame this disease and went on to win three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics. 

What is polio?

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Country music legend Dolly Parton starred in this 1982 film, which shares its title with her hit song from the movie.

What is 9 to 5?

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This famous Barbara became the first woman to with the Golden Globe for Best Director for her 1984 film Yentl.  She remains the only woman to have won this award to date. 

Who is Barbra Streisand?

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This woman became the first to be inducted in the Culinary Institute Hall of Fame and was the inspiration behind the 2009 Film Julie and Julia.

Who was Julia Child?

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This woman's rights activist, whose face has appeared on a dollar coin, played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement?

Who was Susan B. Anthony?

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Billie Jean King won "The Ball of the Sexes" tennis match against this opponent.

Who was Bobby Riggs?

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Despite her career being tragically cut short by a 1963 plane crash, this singer left an indelible mark on country music and was later inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Who was Patsy Cline?

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This woman became the first female to host a late-night talk show

Who was Joan Rivers?

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This well-known nun served the poor in India and was canonized in 2016

Who was Mother Teresa?

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Appointed by Ronald Reagan, Sandra Day O'Connor was the first female to serve on this judicial body.

What is the U.S. Supreme Court

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The WNBA (Woman's National Basketball Association) was founded in this decade of the 1990s.

What is the 90s?  (It was formed in 1996).  

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Carole King co‑wrote this 1961 hit for The Shirelles—the first No. 1 single by a Black girl group—when she was still a teenager.

What is:  "Will you Still Love me Tomorrow?"

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Known as the “First Lady of Television,” this trailblazing actress became the first woman to produce a nationally televised show in the 1950s and the first woman to star in a sitcom.

Who was Betty White?

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She founded a direct-sales cosmetics empire in 1968 that bears her name.  

Who was Mary Kay Ash?