Women in History

1. often referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she is credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
4. the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
6. actress best known for "Some Like It Hot", who not only fought for her own rights, but the rights of others too.
7. a black seamstress, refused to give up her seat and in doing so sparked an entire civil rights movement in America.
9. she was the first Black American woman to own her own production company.
10. founded the American Red Cross and served as its first president.
11. pop and country singer-songwriter who also donates to charities and helps fans in need.
12. civil rights activist, whose award-winning memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings made literary history as the first nonfiction best-seller by an African-American woman.
13. she and co-workers presented an amendment to Congress that would give women the right to vote.
15. escaped from slavery in 1849 and became a famous “conductor” of the Underground Railroad.
16. she launched a new kind of investigative reporting, she is best known for her record-breaking trip around the world by ship in 72 days.

2. she became the first American woman to go to outer space.
3. inactive professional tennis player, who is considered one of the greatest players of all time and finished the year at No. 1 five times.
5. a poet and author, her most famous work being “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”
8. slave who escaped to freedom and is known as one of the foremost leaders of the abolition movement and one of the earliest advocates for women’s rights.
14. Lemhi Shoshone woman best known for her expedition with Lewis and Clark through the territory of the Louisiana Purchase.