Notable Women

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Notable Women

• Presented by
• Mrs. Beckers Class

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Annie Leibovitz

• She moved away and became a principal in 1983.
• She became a head photographer in 1970.

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Florence Nightingale nurse

• She wanted to save lives and help the wounded.
• She started to visit hospitals in 1820.

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Shirley Muldowneydrag racer

• Shirley Muldowney became the first girl to race
  in a drag race with the Hot Rod Association.
  
• After a bad crash she retired for two years. Then
  she came back with lots of wins. She retired at
  the age of sixty-three

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Juliette GordonGirl Scouts

• She meet this guy who inspired her to start Girl
  Scouts.
• She was elected president just because she came
  up with Girl Scouts.

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Clare Boothe Luceplaywright diplomat

• Her real name is Anne Clare Boothe. It was
  changed to Clare Boothe.
• She married a publisher named Henry Luce.

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Emma Lazaruspoet

• She lived in New York City.
• She lived from 1849-1887.
• She was 38 when she died.

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Maria MontessoriEducator, Physician

• Maria Montessori is the originator of the
  Montessori method.
• She was the first woman to receive a medical
  degree in 1894.

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Nancy Pelosi

• She is speaker of the house.
• She started in congress on June/2/1987.

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Dorothea LangeAmerican photographer

• She took her camera into the street and took
  pictures of people.
• She was a photographer from 1916 until 1932.

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Helen KellerAuthor, Lecturer

• She was blind and deaf
• at the age of two.
• She lecturer all over the U.S.A., Europe and
  Asia.

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Billie Jean KingTennis Player

• She defeated Bobby Riggs at a battle of the
  sexes.
• She began playing at age 11.

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Barbara JordanPolitician, Educator

• She was the first keynote speaker for the
  Democratic National Convention.
• Barbara received the Medal Of Freedom in 1994.

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Maya Lin architect and artist

• She was the designer of the Vietnam war memorial.
• It became the most visited memorial in
  Washington D.C.

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Babe Didrickson athlete

• She was considered the greatest woman athlete of
  modern times.
• She won the Olympic games in Los Angeles.

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Mary Lyoneducator

• Mary Lyon was a principal for a whole 12 years!
• Mary Lyon went to Mount Holyoke college, too.

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Margaret Meadanthropologist

• She was a Philadelphia graduate.
• In 1926 she became assistant curator.

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Toni MorrisonWriter

• She was established as one of Americas leading
  novelists.
• Morrison was an influential editor.

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Wilma MankillerChief of the Cherokee Nation

• She got numerous
• awards.
• She was the woman of the year of 1987

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Julie Kronejockey

• She retired in 1999, as all time winningest
  female jockey.
• She won the Triple Crown race when she took 1993
  Belmont Stakes.

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Jackie Joyner Kevsee

• She was a 2 time world champion in both long jump
  1987 91 and heptathlon 1987-93. She won
  heptathlon gold medals at 1988 and 92.

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Sarah Winnemucca writer,lecturer,educater

• When Sarah was fourteen she could speak English
  and Spanish very well.
• Between April eighteen eighty three and eighteen
  eighty four Sarah gave nearly three hundred
  lectures.