International Women's Day Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. A very famous children's author, she wrote many books about puberty, peer pressure, love, and divorce. Among her best-selling works are Freckle Juice, Blubber, and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
  2. 5. First a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, she was chosen by President Barack Obama to replace David Souter in the U.S. Supreme Court. She is best known as the first Latina women in the U.S. Supreme Court.
  3. 9. First name Mary, this women devoted her life to the establishment of schools. In 1846 she opened a school for poor children in India.
  4. 13. A very famous American educater, she taught blind children. She is well known for being the teacher and friend of Helen Keller.
  5. 14. Elizabeth II She is the present queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. She is the successor of George VI.
  6. 15. Although she is most known for her roles in movies as a child, she became active later in life in the Republican party and served under President George H.W. Bush. She was in many movies, such as Little Miss Marker, The Little Princess, and Heidi.
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  1. 1. Best known simply as Adele, she is a very famous British singer. She sang songs such as Rolling in the Deep, Chasing Pavements, and Skyfall.
  2. 2. This women is a very well known talk show host, actress, and producer. She is one of the highest paid women of the world, and is the first African-American women to reach billionaire status. Her show is the highest rated talk show in syndication history.
  3. 4. Most known as a passenger on the fated Space Shuttle Challenger, she was a teacher randomly chosen by NASA to fly in the Challenger, which exploded 78 seconds after launch due to cold weather.
  4. 6. Famously known as the top balck supermodel of the 1990s, she co-wrote the novel Swan. She is also known for having dated celebrity Robert DeNiro at one point.
  5. 7. After her husband Thaddus H. Carraway died, she was chosen to take his place in the U.S. Senate, thus making her the first women to be elected into the U.S. Senate.
  6. 8. This women was an American reformer and leader of the women's suffrage movement. There have been many books written about her, such as The Women Who Dared:The Trial of Susan B. Anthony.
  7. 10. First name Germaine, she was a French sculptor who, after 1940, developed a tortured awareness expressed in powerful, distorted figures.
  8. 11. First name Susan, she was a champion Sled Dog Racer. She was a 4-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Race.
  9. 12. Although this women made several of the most important archeological discoveries with early humans, she was often overshadowed by her famous husband. While she found evidence, he publicized it. You read about her in the early chapters of the World History Textbook.