August DEI Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. $1.16 trillion is the total estimated annual ___ cost of cancer
  2. 6. In 1893 this was the first country in the world to allow women to participate in parliamentary elections
  3. 7. The Purple heart is purple because the color is meant to represent what?
  4. 10. The name of the other man who helped initiate National Black Business Month in 2004
  5. 11. Second-leading cause of death worldwide
Down
  1. 1. The day for Americans to remember and honor the men and women who bravely represented their country and were wounded or killed whilst serving. A Purple Heart is a distinction and means a service member has greatly sacrificed themselves, or paid the ultimate price, while in the line of duty.
  2. 2. The name of one of the men who initiated National Black Business Month in 2004
  3. 3. An official holiday in the United States celebrated every August 26 to commemorate the day when the 19th Amendment was passed giving women the right to vote in 1920.
  4. 5. Which Amendment won Women legal recognition as equal citizens?
  5. 8. The name of the largest publicly owned black-owned business in America.
  6. 9. The percentage of all black-owned businesses in America