CEILING BREAKERS

Ceiling Breakers

Rosa Parks

Became a symbol of the civil rights movement Parks is best known for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus

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Susan B. Anthony

Dedicated her life to fighting for women’s suffrage. Suffragist Anthony dedicated her life’s work to getting women the right to vote. After spending

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Kathy Switzer

The first woman to complete the Boston Marathon as a registered runner. In 1967, Kathy Switzer became the first woman to complete the

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Bessie Coleman

The first African American female pilot Despite facing poverty and discrimination, Bessie Coleman became the first African American female pilot. After hearing the

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Katharine Graham

The first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company. She paved the way for women in business as the first female CEO of

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Madam C.J. Walker

The first female self-made millionaire in the United States. Madam C.J. Walker created her own line of hair-care products in 1905, which led

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Katherine Johnson

Mathematician Katherine Johnson used her exceptional calculation skills to assess the flight paths of spacecrafts for NASA. Prior to her work in the

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Valentina Tereshkova

First Woman in Space. While working in a textile mill, Tereshkova joined a parachuting club, where she made 150 jumps. With that experience,

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Frida Kahlo

In 1925, she was in a bus accident that required her to have over 30 surgeries during her lifetime, but it was during

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