She’s the first female gymnast to win three World all-around titles in a row; the most decorated American gymnast with 32 total World and Olympic medals; and she’s won the most World Championship medals by a woman gymnast in history (25), including 19 gold.

Stacey Abrams earned herself an endorsement from Oprah during her campaign to become for this states new governor in 2018.

Occupation of Though Susie King Taylor who was born into slavery. She attended secret schools taught by African-Americans. Her literacy and skills helped the African-American soldiers serving in the Union Army. She wrote "Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers".

Laverne Cox became the first transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy in 2014 for her portrayal of Sophia Burset in this Netflix original series.

The widow of Dr. Martin Luther King.

In 2019, Cori “Coco” Gauff made headlines at age 15 by beating Venus Williams at Wimbledon, becoming the youngest woman to win a match at the prominent tennis championships since this year.

Loretta Lynch is the first Black woman to be named attorney general of the United States during the Obama administration from 2015 to 2017. She makes a living at this occupation.

In 1950, Dr. Helen Octavia Dickens became the first Black woman admitted to this educational association that was founded in 1913.

n 1994, Deborah Batts became the first out gay federal judge in U.S. history when she was sworn in to serve the Southern District of this state after being appointed by President Clinton.

Attorney, philanthropist and the first African American First Lady in U.S. history.

Gabby Douglas became the first woman of color to win the title of Individual All-Around Champion in this gymnastics category.

Angela Davis was an affiliate of this political party.

Kizzmekia Corbett, PhD was notably one of the leading scientists developing the Covid-19 vaccine in 2020. Working at the National Institutes of Health, Corbett was a key player in the team that developed this vaccine that was later proven to be 94.1 percent effective against the virus.

After marrying a soldier in Oxnard, Calif., in 1944, Lucy Hicks Anderson, a Transgender pioneer for marriage equality, was charged with this crime after local authorities discovered that Anderson was assigned male at birth.

American educator and civil rights advocate. She was married to Malcolm X.

Misty Copeland became the first African American woman to become an American Ballet Theatre principal dancer in this many years.

The Watergate scandal helped thrust Barbara Jordan into the national spotlight. While sitting on the House Judiciary Committee, the congresswoman eloquently explained why she supported articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon. In 1972, Jordan and Andrew Young Jr. became the first African-Americans elected to this governing body in the 20th century

Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was the first Black woman in the US to earn an MD. She became a doctor in this year and published a book of medical advice for women and children in 1883.

Playwright, writer, and activist Lorraine Hansberry is best known for her Broadway play and later film, A Raisin in the Sun. She was inspired by her family's landmark court case against these Chicago discriminatory laws.

Widely regarded as two of the greatest leaders of the civil rights movement. Medger Evers wife continued the pioneering work she and Medgar had begun together by giving lectures, writing books, joining the board of the NAACP and becoming one of the first Black women to run for Congress. In 1989, she founded the Medgar Evers Institute, a conduit for the continued fight to secure equal rights for all people and to preserve those rights for future generations.

Sisters, Venus and Serena Williams, are incredibly decorated athletes, with this combined number of career singles titles and a total of nine Olympic medals between the two of them.

This nickname for Shirley Chisholm, who was the first African-American woman elected to Congress, serving the first of seven terms beginning in 1969. She was also the first woman and first African-American to seek the nomination for president from one of the two major political parties.

Dr. Marilyn Hughes Gaston was the first Black woman to lead a public health service bureau. Her study on this blood disorder led to a nationwide screening program for newborns.

She became the first African American woman to star in a motion picture and to perform with an integrated cast at an American concert hall. At the March on Washington in 1968, she was the only woman speaker. In her speech, she honored fellow women civil rights activists.

While most of their marriage was spent with Nelson imprisoned, she managed to keep his anti-apartheid activism alive by assuming leadership of the African National Congress. Throughout her years in the position, she became increasingly controversial. In 1990, Nelson walked out of prison hand in hand with her after serving 27 years. Although they divorced six years later, they remained a presence in each other’s lives until their deaths.