Dear Friends,
I hope you were inspired by all of the posts for the last year and a half on remarkable Black Women in America. Their stories are fascinating and heartening to read.
If you want to share them in with others please feel free. If you are teaching a class, here is a quiz to whet the students’ appetites.
You have several weeks to look up the answers. Hint – they are all on this website!
God bless you as you acknowledge the contributions that black women have made to our country.
Matchup: Put your choice on the line.
Education and Awards
___ First Bachelor of Arts in the United States
___ First PhD in Economics
___ First PhD in Mathematics
___ First Professor
___ First Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
___ First Nobel Prize in Literature
___ Mother of black poetry
Arts, Sports, and Entertainment
___ First Pilot’s license
___ First to win 3 gold medals in track
___ Queen of Soul
___ First to perform at the New York Metropolitan Opera
___ First elected to the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors
___ First recognized “haute couture” fashion designer
___ First ballerina in American Ballet Theatre
___ First to win Grammy awards
___ First movie director in Hollywood
___ First to play major roles at Shakespeare Festival
___ First TV news anchor in Nashville
Business and Medical
___ First black professional nurse
___ First Astronaut
___ Pioneer in Aeronautics, “Human Computer”
___ First local bank president
___ First millionaire
Political and Religious
___ Tireless Crusade against lynching
___ First elected to U. S. House of Representatives
___ First Secretary of State
___ First black female preacher
___ Only black woman at the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945
___ Moses to her people
___ First U. S. Attorney General
Here are your choices:
A. Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
B. Marian Anderson
C. Maya Angelou
D. Mary McLeod Bethune
E. Gwendolyn Brooks
F. Bessie Coleman
G. Misty Copeland
H. Ruby Dee
I. Sarah Jane Woodson Early
J. Ella Fitzgerald
K. Aretha Franklin
L. Euphemia Lofton Hayes
M. Mae Jemison
N. Katherine Johnson
O. Barbara Jordan
P. Ann Lowe
Q. Edmonia Lewis
R Mary Eliza Mahoney
S. Toni Morrison
T. Mary J. Patterson
U. Condoleezza Rice
V. Wilma Rudolph
W. Amanda Berry Smith
X. Bessie Stringfield
Y. Sojourner Truth
Z. Harriet Tubman
AA. Maggie Lena Walker
BB. Sarah Breedlove Walker
CC. Ida B. Wells
DD. Oprah Winfrey
God bless you. Look for the responses in a couple of weeks!
