KKC's ACCESS Center Herstory Trivia #3

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  1. 5. As the cofounder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), she earned her spot as the first Black female billionaire on a Forbes list in 2000. She’s also the first and only African American woman to have stake in three pro sports teams: the Wizards, the Capitals, and the Mystics.
  2. 6. She’s earned the most Grammy nominations for a female artist with 79 total, and she’s the second-most-decorated female Grammy winner, with 24 wins.
  3. 8. She was the victim of a vicious acid attack in March 2008, has endured more than 250 surgical procedures to date. She suffered full-thickness burns (where both layers of the skin are destroyed) and had to wear a face mask for 23 hours every day. She also swallowed some of the sulphuric acid, damaging her throat, and was blinded in her left eye.
  4. 9. At the 2012 London Summer Olympics, she became the first woman of color to win the title of Individual All-Around Champion in artistic gymnastics. She’s also the first Black woman to earn gold in both the individual all around and team competitions at the Olympic games.
  5. 11. In 2002 she became the first—and still only—Black woman to be named Best Actress at the Oscars, for her leading role in Monster’s Ball.
  6. 12. A fierce advocate for dance as a form of expression for people of color everywhere, she became the first African American woman to become an American Ballet Theatre principal dancer in its 75 year history.
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  1. 1. She became the first transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy in 2014 for her portrayal of Sophia Burset in Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black. In 2018, the star also earned the title of the first openly transgender woman to appear on Cosmopolitan’s cover for their South Africa edition.
  2. 2. She was a photographer and traveller who contracted polio as a child and walked with a limp for the rest of her life.
  3. 3. She’s the first female gymnast to win three World all-around titles in a row; the most decorated American gymnast with 32 total World and Olympic medals; and she’s won the most World Championship medals by a woman gymnast in history (25), including 19 gold.
  4. 4. Currently the director of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, she held the post of Secretary of State under George W. Bush’s presidency from 2005 to 2009. She was the second woman and first Black woman to do so.
  5. 7. she’s the first Black woman to create and produce a top 10 network series. Most recently, she signed a multiyear $150 million deal with Netflix.
  6. 10. A co-host of the now-canceled Emmy winning talk show The Chew and has written three cookbooks.