Recognizing All Americans

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Across
  1. 2. Governor of Louisiana from 2008-2016
  2. 7. Winner of the 1963 National League MVP
  3. 8. Baseball pitcher born without a right hand
  4. 9. Youngest woman ever elected to Congress
  5. 11. Chief medical correspondent for CNN
  6. 13. Won 2019 Academy Award for Best Actor
  7. 15. Anne Sullivan was her teacher
  8. 18. Female soccer star & advocate for LGBTQ organizations
  9. 21. Founded Hull House; 1931 Nobel Peace Prize
  10. 22. Jazz singer; a.k.a. "Lady Ella"
  11. 24. 1st woman elected chief of the Cherokee Nation
  12. 25. 1st Asian American woman elected to Congress
  13. 27. Wrote the Broadway musical Hamilton
Down
  1. 1. Created Yahoo! with a Stanford classmate
  2. 3. World-famous pop singer and leader of "Be Vocal: Speak Up for Mental Health"
  3. 4. 1st Native American athlete to win a gold medal
  4. 5. In Whose Honor?, a documentary, is about her
  5. 6. Won 7 Grammys for 24K Magic
  6. 10. Established the National Farm Workers Association
  7. 12. Olympic swimming champion vocal about dealing with depression and perfectionism
  8. 14. Designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  9. 16. Elected vice president in 2020
  10. 17. 1st openly gay person elected to Congress
  11. 19. 1st woman on the US Supreme Court
  12. 20. Designer of LGBTQ+ rainbow flag
  13. 23. 15th Director of the National Institute of Health under George W. Bush
  14. 26. Developed the polio vaccine
  15. 28. American Idol judge (first name Paula)