Historical Figures and Activists Practice Flashcards

Vocabulary-style flashcards covering influential women in science, civil rights, aviation, art, and leadership based on the lecture notes.

Marie Curie

A groundbreaking scientist born in Poland in $1867$ known for her research on radioactivity and discovery of radium and polonium.

Radium

One of the two chemical elements discovered by Marie Curie through her important scientific experiments.

Polonium

An element discovered by Marie Curie, who remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences: physics and chemistry.

Rosa Parks

An American civil rights activist who in $1955$ refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

A major protest sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks that helped launch the modern civil rights movement.

Amelia Earhart

A pioneering American aviator who in $1932$ became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Frida Kahlo

A Mexican artist born in $1907$ known for her self-portraits exploring themes of identity, pain, and Mexican culture.

Malala Yousafzai

A Pakistani activist for girls’ education who in $2014$ became the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Susan B. Anthony

An American leader in the women's rights movement who played a major role in the passage of the 19th Amendment.

19th Amendment

Passed in $1920$, this amendment granted women in the United States the right to vote.

Cleopatra VII

The last active ruler of ancient Egypt’s Ptolemaic Kingdom who became queen in $51\,\text{BCE}$.

Eleanor Roosevelt

An American diplomat, activist, and First Lady who helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for the United Nations.

Harriet Tubman

An American abolitionist born around $1822$ who led enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad.

Jane Goodall

A British primatologist who began observing chimpanzees in Tanzania in $1960$, discovering their tool use and complex social behaviors.