Women in History

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Across
  1. 1. Tabei First women to summit Mt. Everest
  2. 2. Day O'Connor First women nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court
  3. 8. Fitzgerald A widely-known jazz singer,the first African American to win a Grammy
  4. 9. Curie In 1991 she received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry,became the world's first double Noble laureate
  5. 11. Fraklin First women elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  6. 14. Perkins First female member of a Presidential cabinet
  7. 15. Grimke Daughter of southern plantation owners, scandalized her family when she embarked on a anti-slavery speaking tour
  8. 16. Harris 2021, first female Vice President
Down
  1. 1. Heumann American disability rights activist, recognized internationally as a leader in the disability community.
  2. 3. Frank Jewish victim of the Holocaust, her diary was published documenting her life hiding
  3. 4. Earhart 1928, first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
  4. 5. JeanKing Defeated No.1 raked men's tennis player in the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match
  5. 6. Woodhull 1871 speech declaring her allegiance to the principles of free love ("Yes, I am a Free Lover' she shouted)
  6. 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
  7. 10. Vargas Singer in Mexico, known for dressing like a man, carrying a gun,& smoking a cigar
  8. 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
  9. 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