Women's History Month

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Across
  1. 1. Chairman of the Washington Post
  2. 6. Hailed as the "Queen of Gospel"
  3. 11. Was attacked during the "Bloody Sunday" March in Selma
  4. 13. First woman elected to Congress
  5. 14. Hailed as the "first black supermodel"
  6. 15. Her mathematical computations helped launch the US into space
  7. 16. First woman to be Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
  8. 17. First Congress member to be born in Thailand
Down
  1. 2. Published "A Voice from the South"
  2. 3. Her team won the Negro League World Series
  3. 4. Heralded as the "voice of Hispanic America"
  4. 5. Won the French Open and Wimbledon
  5. 7. First woman of Indian descent to fly in space
  6. 8. Infiltrated insane asylum and exposed unfair treatment of patients
  7. 9. First African American woman to serve in the New York State Senate
  8. 10. Hollywood's first ever Asian American movie star
  9. 12. Founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial School for Negro Girls