Celebrate Women's History Month

Correctly match "the face with the facts".

• In October 2020, Amy Coney Barrett became the fifth woman confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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• Loretta Ross is an activist advocating for women’s rights and reproductive justice.

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• Bernice Johnson Reagon is a composer, musician, and activist for Black identity and social justice.

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• Lucille Ball was an actress, comedian, businesswoman who broke barriers for women in entertainment.

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Junko Tabei is the

• first woman to become a self-made millionaire

• first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest

• first woman to be elected vice president of the United States

• first woman to win the Noble Peace Prize

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Affectionately called “R.B.G.” by her supporters, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has inspired generations of women to break gender barriers. Fighting gender discrimination was a lifelong battle, nevertheless, Ginsburg forged ahead and became the second woman--and first Jewish woman--to serve as a Justice on the United States ______ ______.

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Women Standing Up for Change!

Match the face with the facts!

• Astronaut Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space.

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• Alice Wong, founder & director of the Disability Visibility Project fostering disabilities in media.

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• Rachel Carson catalyzed the global environmental movement with her 1962 book Silent Spring.

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• Maria Mitchell, the first female astronomer in the U.S. and the first American to discover a comet.

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Growing up, Anne Frank wanted to be a writer or journalist. Unfortunately, her life was cut short by antisemitic persecution during the​ (a)   . Although she was unable to witness it for herself, Anne’s diary is one of the most recognized collections of stories detailing a Jewish family in Europe during World War II.​

• Holocaust
• Jewish
• Europe
• Margo Frank

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Women Working for Equality

Match the face with the facts.

• In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first African American woman to serve in Congress.

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• Author and chief philosopher of the woman’s rights and suffrage movements.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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• The first Hispanic, third woman appointed to the Supreme Court, Associate Justice Sonia Sotoma

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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is the youngest woman and youngest Latina to serve in

  U.S. Congress.

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Who was the co-founder of the NAACP

• Inez Milholland

• Harriet Tubman

• Mary Church Terrell

• Madame C.J. Walker

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On January 20, 2021, Kamala D. Harris became the first _____, the first _______, the first ________, the first person of _________ descent, and the first graduate of an HBCU to be sworn in as the Vice President of the United States of America. In her election acceptance speech, she “may be the first, but [she] will not be the last.” Kamala Harris has spent her life breaking glass ceilings.

Select all the options that correctly fill in the blanks.

• African American woman

• woman

• Indian-American

• dark-haired female

• Asian-American

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Women of S.T.E.M.

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• A Purple Heart recipient, the 1st female veteran Senator, Ladda Tammy Duckworth.

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• We'Wha, both male and female, a Zuni cultural ambassador and pottery and textile artist

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• Lili‘uokalani's memoir Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen, the only autobiography of the monarchy.

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• Annie Oakley is a famous markswoman known for her sharpshooting.

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Women's History month is observed in

• December

• October

• February

• March

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