Women In History
2nd Grade
Spring 2010
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall will
be remembered for
her discoveries
about
chimpanzees.
by Julie Katz
Georgia
O’Keefe
Georgia O’Keefe
will be
remembered for
being an important
woman artist at a
time when most
painters were men.
by Dylan Anidjar
Sacagawea
Sacagawea will be
remembered for
going on the Lewis
and Clark
Expedition.
by Ryan Horlick
Bessie
Coleman
Bessie Coleman
will be
remembered for
being the first
African-American
lady to fly a plane.
by Kazi Holston
Belva
Lockwood
Belva Lockwood
will be
remembered for
being the first
woman lawyer and
the first woman to
run for President of
the United States.
by Rachael Kelson
Coretta Scott
King
Coretta Scott King
will be
remembered for
making laws better
for AfricanAmericans.
by Alex Chiang
Candace
Parker
Candace Parker will
be remembered for
dunking twice in one
high school
basketball game and
for being the second
woman to dunk in a
WNBA game.
by Tyler McLaughlin
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa will
be remembered for
helping many sick
people when no
one else would.
by Victoria Gu
Shayla Wilson
Shayla Wilson is
determined to be
one of the few
African-American
equestrians to
make it to the
Olympics.
by Leah Edwards
Dara Torres
Dara Torres will be
remembered for
being the oldest
female to swim in
the Olympics.
by Renee Chan
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks will be
remembered for
starting a boycott
against the bus
rules and now you
can sit wherever
you want.
by Michael
Marone
Shirley
Muldowney
Shirley Muldowney
will be
remembered for
being the first
woman race car
driver to win three
Top Fuel titles.
by Derek Huffman
Jane Austen
Jane Austen will be
remembered for
being the first
English writer to
write novels about
characters and
their lives.
by Madison Mier
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges will
be remembered for
helping to
integrate schools.
by Josh Thau
Lisa Leslie
Lisa Leslie will be
remembered for
being the first
woman to dunk
the ball in a WNBA
game and for
getting the most
points in a WNBA
career.
by Lauren Taylor
Golda Meir
Golda Meir will be
remembered for
being the first prime
minister of Israel.
She is known as the
“strong-willed,
straight-talking,
gray-bunned
grandmother of the
Jewish people.”
by Colby Freeman
Picabo Street
Picabo Street will
be remembered for
winning the World
Cup Season title for
skiing.
by Ryan Cernuto
Jenny
Thompson
Jenny Thompson
will be
remembered for
winning 10
Olympic gold
medals for her
fabulous swimming
ability.
by Oliver Schaaf
Jennie Finch
Jennie Finch will be
remembered for
leading Team USA
to gold in the 2004
and 2008 Olympics
as a softball
pitcher.
by Alexandra
Weber
Julia Child
Julia Child will be
remembered for
being the first
person to have her
own cooking show
on television and for
making French
recipes easy for
Americans.
by Caroline
Dannenbaum
Helen Keller
Helen Keller will be
remembered for
graduating from
college despite the
fact that she was
blind and deaf.
by Morgan
Giardina
Gertrude
Ederle
Gertrude Ederle
will be
remembered for
being the first
woman to swim
the English
Channel.
by Madeline
Skapper
Mia Hamm
Mia Hamm will be
remembered for
leading Team USA
to the Olympic
gold medal.
by Lucy Berndt
Serena
Williams
Serena Williams will
be remembered for
being the first
African American to
win the Grand Slam
tennis singles since
Arthur Ashe and for
being first African
American woman to
win the U.S. Open
since Althea Gibson.
by Julius Smith
Patricia Bath
Patricia Bath will be
remembered for
inventing a laser
device that removes
cataracts called the
Laserphaco Probe
and for being the
first African
American female
doctor to receive a
patent for a medical
invention.
by Noelle Mullins
Elizabeth
Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell
will be
remembered for
being the first
woman to receive
a medical degree.
by Jessica Hutt
Aretha
Franklin
Aretha Franklin will
be remembered for
being the first
woman to make it
into the Rock-andRoll Hall of Fame.
by Teddy McGraw
Libby Riddles
Libby Riddles will
be remembered for
being the first
woman to win the
Iditarod.
by William
Hoffman
Wilma
Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph will
be remembered for
winning three gold
medals in track.
by Aimee
Composto
Mary Shields
Mary Shields will
be remembered for
being the first
woman who
completed the
Iditarod.
by Dominic
Mendelsohn
Michelle
Obama
Michelle Obama
will be
remembered for
being the first
African-American
First Lady.
by Amir Arnold
Laura Ingalls
Wilder
Laura Ingalls
Wilder will be
remembered for
writing stories that
teach people about
pioneer life.
by Peter McClearn