WorksheetsUnsung Heroes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Malala Yousafzai stood up for girls and women in the Middle East who wanted to...
go to school
work for NASA
work with animals
The first female self-made American millionaire earned her fortune by inventing a line of cosmetics and hair care products - making her one of America's first DIY beauty influencers.
Katherine Johnson
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Madam CJ Walker
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and from there sparked a national civil rights movement for racial equality.
Ida B. Wells
Hattie McDaniel
Rosa Parks
This scientist won TWO Nobel prizes for her research on radioactivity and discovering TWO elements on the periodic table.
Marie Curie
Mae Jemison
Hedy Lamarr
She was not just a dancer and singer, but also a decorated WWII spy, a civil rights activist, and an adopted mother of 12.
Marie Laveau
Josephine Baker
Louisa May Alcott
Countess, mathematician, and daughter of a poet who became "Mother of Modern Software" when she wrote the world’s first computer program in the 1840's.
Ada Lovelace
Oprah Winfrey
Betty White
Austrian-American movie star and self-taught inventor who pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today's WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems.
Marie Curie
Marilyn Monroe
Hedy Lamarr
Though she is only 18 years old, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is a popular face of youth activism regarding
women's rights
climate change
education
As an American mathematician, she made important contributions to the United States space program during her career at NASA.
You may have seen her story in the film "Hidden Figures."
Mae Jemison
Katherine Johnson
Marie Curie
I was the first African-American woman elected to Congress in 1968, and there's a park named for me near our school - Who am I?
Shirley Chisholm
Madam CJ Walker
Katherine Johnson
I was the first African-American to win four Olympic gold medals - Who am I?
Usain Bolt
Jackie Robinson
Jesse Owens
The first African American Female Astronaut; served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
Mae Jamison
Rosa Parks
Maya Angelou
First female Vice President of the United States; First African American/Indian woman to become the Attorney General of California.
Mae Jamison
Oprah Winfrey
Kamala Harris
Who became the first black player in Major League Baseball in 1947?
Michael Jordan
Jackie Robinson
Muhammad Ali
Marie Maynard Daly researched the relationship between high cholesterol and heart health.
She was the first African American woman from the U.S. to receive what degree?
PhD in Chemistry
Associate's Degree in Computer Science
Masters Degree in Engineering
