Influential Women in History

A set of vocabulary flashcards covering influential women throughout history, including their major achievements, dates of significance, and historical impact.

Marie Curie

A pioneering scientist born in Poland in $1867$ who discovered the elements Radium and Polonium and was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

Radium and Polonium

Two chemical elements identified and discovered by Marie Curie and her husband, Pierre Curie.

Rosa Parks

An American civil rights activist who refused to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, in $1955$, catalyzing the modern civil rights movement.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

A significant protest credited with launching the modern civil rights movement, sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks.

Amelia Earhart

A pioneering American aviator born in $1897$ who became the first woman to successfully fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in $1932$.

Frida Kahlo

A Mexican artist born in $1907$ renowned for her self-portraits which explored identity, pain, and Mexican culture following a severe bus accident.

Malala Yousafzai

A Pakistani activist for girls' education who survived an assassination attempt in $2012$ and became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate in $2014$.

Susan B. Anthony

A leading figure in the $19^{th}$ century movement for women's suffrage whose work was fundamental to the passage of the $19^{th}$ Amendment in $1920$.

Cleopatra VII

The last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in ancient Egypt who ascended the throne in $51\,BCE$ and formed alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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

Harriet Tubman

An abolitionist born into slavery around $1822$ who escaped and used the Underground Railroad to guide others to freedom, also serving as a spy and nurse.

Underground Railroad

A secret network used for escape by enslaved individuals that Harriet Tubman operated to assist others in reaching freedom.

Jane Goodall

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

$19^{th}$ Amendment

The amendment to the United States Constitution passed in $1920$ that granted women the right to vote.

Ptolemaic Kingdom

The kingdom in ancient Egypt ruled by Cleopatra VII that concluded in $30\,BCE$ following defeat by the Roman Empire.