Women's History Month Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. US cultural icon representative of women in the workforce during WWII
  2. 5. Considered one of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time, also known as “Lady Day”
  3. 7. The month International Women's Day takes place
  4. 9. Amendment that gave women in the US the right to vote
  5. 12. The first woman to run for President of the United States
  6. 13. Chemist and physicist whose groundbreaking research on radioactivity won her two Nobel Prizes
  7. 15. American poet and civil rights activist best known for her autobiographies, including one with a title that refers to a "caged bird"
  8. 16. American abolitionist who delivered her famous “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech at the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, OH
  9. 17. English anthropologist considered to be the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees
Down
  1. 1. A popular suffragette slogan
  2. 3. Second female US Supreme Court justice, sometimes referred to as "notorious"
  3. 4. Pakistani activist for education for women and girls and the youngest Nobel Prize winner
  4. 6. Youth organization for girls in the US that promotes empowerment, leadership, and life skills
  5. 8. First female attorney general of the US
  6. 10. American political activist who was the first deaf and blind person to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree
  7. 11. American activist in the civil rights movement known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
  8. 14. The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes