Women's History Month

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Across
  1. 3. Jimenez, First Mexican woman to win Olympic gold in weightlifting.
  2. 4. Truth, American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women’s rights, & alcohol temperance.
  3. 5. Yousafzai, The youngest Nobel Prize winner.
  4. 6. Sotomayor, First Hispanic & Latina Justice to serve on the U.S Supreme Court
  5. 10. Menchu, Most famous woman in history for her efforts to promote indigenous rights and peace.
  6. 11. Ball, Developed the first effective treatment for leprosy
  7. 12. Huerta, Founded the Agricultural Workers Association in 1960.
Down
  1. 1. Earhart, First female pilot
  2. 2. Lamarr, Co-invented the frequency-hopping technology used for wireless internet, cell phones & GPS.
  3. 3. Williams, Holds more titles than any other active tennis player and highest paid female athlete in the world in 2016.
  4. 5. Sklodowska, First woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for groundbreaking work in physics.
  5. 6. B. Anthony, Spent her entire life fighting for gender equality and women’s right to vote.
  6. 7. Ride, First American woman to travel to space.
  7. 8. Chisholm, First black woman to serve in Congress
  8. 9. Takemoto Mink, First Asian American woman elected to congress in 1965