Celebrating WomenEVERYDAY

We Can Do It!During wartime women replaced men in the workplace

Mary Louise White Cloud Rhodd – Modern day version of tribal garments

Aly Raisman won ‘Gold’ in the floor routine and a ‘Bronze’ on the beam 2012 U.S. Summer Olympics

Virginia DavisNaval Air Base – Corpus Christi, TX

Mrs. William Wood managed a 100 acre farm with little male assistance

Coloma, Michigan, 1942

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., 8/28/1963, Young female participants

Healthy Pregnancies

Queen LatifahGrammy Award winning singer/songwriter

Gabby Douglas won the Individual All Around Competition

2012 Summer Olympics

Fierce Five win team Gold 2012 Summer Olympics

Lance Corporal Felicia A. Lynch (1971)

Amelia Mary Earhart1st aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

Serena Williams won @ Wimbeldon then Gold in the individual competition and in doubles with sister Serena

2012 Summer Olympics

Girls operate Stock Boards @ the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, N.Y.

Victory Waits on Your Fingers – Keep ‘Em Flying, Miss USA (1941-42)

Missy Franklin sets 2 world records and she and teammate Allison Schmitt both swim to 5 Gold medals

2012 Summer Olympics

Betsy Ross Making the first U.S. flag, 1776

4-H Club members with Dairy Products Chart

Mary Jane McLeod Bethune, Educator and Civil Rights Leader

Sandra Day O’Connor sworn in as the first woman appointed to the US Supreme Court, 9/25/81

Dana Vollmer sets a world record and she

Rebecca Soni both win 3 Gold medals2012 Summer Olympics

Elizabeth L. Gardner Rockford, Illinois, Women’s Air Force Service Pilot (1930-75)

Women Protest Around the World

Dorothea Dix, Social Reformer

Anna Freud (daughter of Sigmund Freud)

Founder, Psychoanalytic Child Psychology

Allyson Felix wins 3 Gold medals 2012 Summer Olympics

Gloria Marie Steinem – Feminist & Activist

Sarah Grimké (1792-1873)Angelina Grimké Weld (1805-1879)

Abolitionist against slavery, racism and sexism mid 19th century

Love

Sonya Richards-Ross wins Gold and Bronze medals 2012 Summer Olympics

Women working @ Bell System Telephone Switchboard c. 1943

Hattie McDaniel – 1st African American to achieve an Academy Award

Best Supporting Actress, Gone With The Wind

Quvenzhané WallisYoungest Oscar winner for Best Actress

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Meryl Streep – Achieved the most Academy Awards

U.S. women win 4x100 relay Gold2012 Summer Olympics

Friendship

Nancy Patricia D’ Alesandro Pelosi, 1st Female Speaker of the House

Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonUS Secretary of State

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama – First Lady 2009 - present

Ann Eleanor Roosevelt - First Lady 1933-1945

U.S. women set a world record in the 4x100 relay and win Gold 2012 Summer Olympics

Dr. Angela Davis – Political Activist, Scholar, and Author

2012 Summer Olympics U.S. Women’s Basketball win 5th straight Gold and have only lost one game in 30 years

Motherhood

Betty Ford – First Lady 1974 - 1977

Alvin Ailey American Dance TheatreRevelations

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – First Lady 1961 - 1963

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Ace their way to 3 Gold medals 2012 Summer Olympics

Pamela Suzette Grier Foxy Brown

2012 Summer Olympics U.S. women’s soccer win Gold over Japan

Dwana Adiaha Smallwood Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre - Cry

Judith JamisonAlvin Ailey American Dance Theatre

Women’s Revolution

Emma WatsonHighest grossing female actress of all time. Harry Potter films have grossed $5.4 billion

Vanessa Mae, Violinist

Maria MitchellDiscovered Miss Mitchell’s Comet

Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Coleman1st African American female pilot &

1st African American to hold an international pilots license

Angela Evelyn BassettAmerican Actress known for her biological film

roles portraying real life women

Oprah WinfreyAmerican media proprietor, talk show host, actress,

producer and philanthropist

Jessica LangeAmerican Actress, has received two Oscars, two Emmy’s,

five Golden Globes and one SAG Award