Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Who are these women?

1.  Amelia Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
2.  Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and used the Underground Railroad to help others escape.
3.  Rosa Parks refused to move from her seat in the "colored" section in favor of a white passenger when the "white" section of the bus was filled in 1955.
4.  Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for education for girls.
5.  Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer and the founder of modern nursing.
6.  Jane Goodall is an expert on chimpanzees, and at 87 she's still working with chimps.
7.  Ruby Bridges, now 67, was the first African-American child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans in November 1960.
8.  Ruth Bader Ginsburg served on the Supreme Court from 1993 until her death in 2020.
9.  Maya Angelou, a writer and civil rights activist most famous for publication of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” in 1969, was born here in St. Louis.
10.  Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico.
11.  Kamala Harris is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as the first African American and first Asian American vice president.
12.  Sacagawea was a Shoshone woman who, at age 16, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) explore the Louisiana Territory.

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