Women in History
Across
- 1. Tabei First women to summit Mt. Everest
- 2. Day O'Connor First women nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court
- 8. Fitzgerald A widely-known jazz singer,the first African American to win a Grammy
- 9. Curie In 1991 she received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry,became the world's first double Noble laureate
- 11. Fraklin First women elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- 14. Perkins First female member of a Presidential cabinet
- 15. Grimke Daughter of southern plantation owners, scandalized her family when she embarked on a anti-slavery speaking tour
- 16. Harris 2021, first female Vice President
Down
- 1. Heumann American disability rights activist, recognized internationally as a leader in the disability community.
- 3. Frank Jewish victim of the Holocaust, her diary was published documenting her life hiding
- 4. Earhart 1928, first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
- 5. JeanKing Defeated No.1 raked men's tennis player in the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match
- 6. Woodhull 1871 speech declaring her allegiance to the principles of free love ("Yes, I am a Free Lover' she shouted)
- 7. Ride First American women to travel to space in 1983,beat out 1,000 other applicants for a spot in the NASA astronaut program
- 10. Vargas Singer in Mexico, known for dressing like a man, carrying a gun,& smoking a cigar
- 12. Parks Black women who refused to give up her seat on a full bus, help spark the Montgomery boycott to end segregation in America
- 13. Winnemucca She appeared before an Indian Affairs committee in the US House of Representatives in 1884, she became the first Native American women to address Congress