Women's History Month

Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to break gender barriers by doing this in Boston in 1967. She was also instrumental in getting this sport for women into the Olympic Games. She was a....

• Librarian

• Supreme Court Justice

• Marathon Runner

• Animal Activist

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Michelle Obama was the First Lady of the United States and...

• an author

• the founder of the Let's Move program

• an attorney

• all of the above

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Josephine Baker was a dancer, well known for the Charleston dance and her bubbly personality and charismatic smile, but she was also a...

• spy

• teacher

• lawyer

• quilt maker

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Ruth Bader Ginsberg was the second woman and first Jewish...

• Vice President of the United States

• Supreme Court Justice

• Veterinarian

• Francis Parker Lower School Principal

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Harriet Powers, born into slavery in rural Georgia in 1887, was remembered for...

• telling Bible stories and Black history through images on quilts

• advancing technology by designing computer software

• her efforts to advocate for disabled people

• spying on the German forces during World War II

I am an author and the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre. I continue to inspire young women everywhere to support and encourage one another. I am...

• Josephine Baker

• Michelle Obama

• Harriet Powers

• Misty Copeland

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This woman contracted polio at six years old, survived a tragic bus accident, and had to have a partial leg amputated due to gangrene. She used art to help her pass the time while she was healing. Who is she?

• Helen Keller

• Ruby Bridges

• Frida Kahlo

• Ada Lovelace

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This person was the first deaf and blind person to graduate from college in the United States. Who is she?

• Helen Keller

• Sonia Sotomayor

• Misty Copeland

• Rosa Parks

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I am a survivor and Pakistani activist for the education of girls and women everywhere. I am the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Who am I?

• Frida Kahlo

• Malala Yousafzai

• Jane Goodall

• Gabby Douglas

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My refusal to give up my seat on a bus to a white man resulted in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In 1956, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on buses was illegal. Who am I?

• Kamala Harris

• Mae Jemison

• Rosa Parks

• Kathrine Switzer

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