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