Women's History

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  1. 3. Surname of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner (Narges Mohammadi’s contemporary or similar human rights advocates).
  2. 4. Youngest Nobel Prize laureate, known for her activism for girls' education in Pakistan.
  3. 5. The right to vote in political elections, a movement led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
  4. 6. First name of the tennis legend who holds the most Grand Slam titles (23) in the Open Era.
  5. 10. Surname of the gymnast (Simone) who holds the record for most World Championship gold medals.
  6. 11. Surname of the Swedish environmental activist who sparked the "Fridays for Future" movement.
  7. 14. First name of Lovelace, the 19th-century mathematician regarded as the first computer programmer.
  8. 16. Amanda, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, who read "The Hill We Climb" in 2021.
  9. 17. Known as "Moses," she led dozens of enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
  10. 18. Surname of the 2023 TIME Person of the Year and first billionaire artist to reach that status primarily through music.
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  1. 1. First name of Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court (appointed 2022).
  2. 2. Surname of the gymnast who became the most decorated in history by 2024.
  3. 4. First name of the scientist (Curie) who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
  4. 7. Madeleine, who became the first female U.S. Secretary of State in 1997.
  5. 8. The first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
  6. 9. Kizzmekia, the lead scientist at the NIH who was instrumental in developing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
  7. 12. First name of the first woman, African American, and South Asian American Vice President of the U.S.
  8. 13. Supreme Court Justice (appointed 1993, served until 2020) known by the nickname "The Notorious RBG."
  9. 15. Surname of the first woman to be a major party's nominee for U.S. President (2016).