Women in History

Who was the first woman in space in 1983?

• Rosa Parks

• Sally Ride

• Sidra Khan

• Clara Barton

This woman earned her nickname "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement" who is she?

• Amelia Earhart

• Josephine Cochrane

• Rosa Parks

• Mary Wollstonecraft

During the Civil War this woman was known a the "Angel of the Battlefield" and founded the American Red Cross.

• Florence Nightingale

• Amelia Earhart
• Clara Barton
• Harriet Tubman

The first woman to win a major party' nomination for president of the US in 2016.

• Michelle Obama

• Paula Deen

• Hilary Clinton

• Lisa Fant

Was the first woman to fly a plane across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928.

• Amelia Earhart

• Hannah Cockroft

• Ada Lovelace

• Lady Gaga

This woman invented the mechanical dishwasher. Thank her for not having to do the dishes by hand.

• Marie Curie

• Mary Beth

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Josephine Cochrane

Founded the new science of radioactivity.

• Madam CJ Walker

• Rosa Parks

• Marie Curie

• Mary Earhart

The first woman computer programmer.

• Ada Lovelace

• Hannah Roberts

• Joy Neville

• Madam CJ Walker

Britain's first female prime minister.

• Joy Neville

• Margaret Thatcher

• Ada White

• Ada Lovelace

Championed education and liberation for women.

• Sandra Roberts

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Mary Beth

• Madam CJ Walker