Spotlighting Amazing Women! by Mrs. Roberts

Mae C Jemison

27jvasquez3 — 2025-03-28 15:58:53 UTC

Mae C Jemison was a african american woman who was the first to make it to space. She pushed through barriers and she pushed through the atmoshphere barrier as well. She was first a doctor and then joined NASA

Zheng Yi Sao

29rramirez — 2025-03-28 16:02:24 UTC

Zheng came from very humble beginnings. One day, her husband fell overboard and died so she quickly took over operations. Once Zheng became the leader, she built a force of around 600 ships and up to 40,000 men. I feel her greatest achievement was how she was able to take so much money, command so many people, and leave a name for herself all these years later by being a pirate.

Barbara Hepworth

29ctran6 — 2025-03-28 16:03:18 UTC

Barbara Hepworth was a artist and sculptors in the mid 1900s. She accomplished many things like having her works exhibited in the British XXV Venice Biennale. And some interesting facts about Barbara, she was raising triplets (2 girls,1 boy) while still doing artworks. She died in a fire that happened when she was sleeping in 1975, and her elder son died from a plane crash in 1953.

Roberta Cowell

29arodriguezgrah — 2025-03-28 16:04:52 UTC

Some of Roberta Cowell's accomplishments is that she won and competed in the 1939 Antwerp Grand Prix which is a racing competition, and also she was a pro pilot and served in the front-line Spitfire squadron. I also found out she was piloting one of a pair of Typhoons on a low-level sortie near Bocholt, Germany.

Mae c Jemison

28afarrah — 2025-03-28 16:05:18 UTC

Mae C. Jemison was the first African American woman astronaut.

She graduated from Stanford at 16.

Mae spoke four languages. Mae was featured in an episode of Star Trek. She was also a doctor before becoming an astronaut. She was also inducted into the NASA Hall of Fame. Lastly, Mae is also an author she wrote a children's book named Find Where the Wind Goes

Bessie Coleman

30gantonio — 2025-03-28 16:06:09 UTC

Bessie Coleman made history when she became the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license on June 15, 1921. She traveled all the way to France to earn it, as it proved impossible to do so in the United Sates due to intense segregation at the time. Bessie Coleman was a barnstorming pilot, which meant she would preform figure eights and loops in the air in front of crowds! People could even walk onto the wings of her plane while it was in flight! Due to her bravery to not only preform such daring stunts, but also to pursue her dreams, Bessie Coleman earned the nicknames "Queen Bess" and "Brave Bessie." She tragically died in an airplane crash on April 30, 1926, but her legacy still lives on. Bessie Coleman continues to inspire flight students.

Maria Sibylla Merian

27rangel — 2025-03-28 16:06:30 UTC

Maria Sibylla Merian was born on 2 April 1647 and she was born In a rich family and she made her biggest impact impact in 1705. three facts about her 1. She was raised in a family of famous publishers and artists that had connections all over Europe. 2. she was born in 1647 in Frankfurt am Main, a city in what is now Germany.3. Maria Sibylla enjoyed a very privileged childhood. and he biggest impact was she published Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

Fe de Mundo - Leland Wu.

30lwu — 2025-03-28 16:06:58 UTC

Fe de Mundo was a woman that has strived for healthcare for children all over the world. She was born in November 1911 and died in the age of 99. Her love for children's health got her to do things that no one else could even do, she sold her house and possessions to support her own Healthcare center. All of her life, she kept caring for health across the world ever since she was young.

Michael Rodriguez

30irodriguez2 — 2025-03-28 16:08:04 UTC

The name of the person I chose is Zheng Yi Sao.

She made her biggest impact in 1807.

She fits in the category History/Natural History

Interesting facts I learned by reading about her:

1) She took the name Zheng Yi Sao after marrying her husband.

2) She had an adopted son named Zhang Bao.

3) She became the owner of a gambling house when she surrendered and gave up being a pirate.

I feel her greatest achievement was having 24 ships and 1,433 pirates under her personal command.

I admire that she lived a peaceful life after her life of being a pirate.

One additional fact a discovered from research and found interesting is that she married her adopted son after his father died.

Zaha Hadid

2025-03-28 16:08:04 UTC

Zaha Hadid was a very skilled and creative architect. She was born in Baghdad, but moved to London in 1972 to attend the Architectural Association. In 1979, she founded Zaha Hadid Architects. Each of Zaha's projects took over thirty years of exploration and research in the interrelated fields of urbanism, architecture and design. Many of her paintings were digital. For example, she created virtual reality paintings. Zaha also designed furniture, jewelry, footwear, bags, interior spaces such as restaurants, and stage sets. Without a doubt, Zaha was a very talented and creative person. What I admire most about her is creativity.

Roberta Cowell

2025-03-28 16:09:04 UTC

Roberta Cowell was born in London 1918. She liked racing and was a pilot even though no women would do racing and being a pilot. Roberta Cowell would sometimes sneak into the Brooklands dressed as a mechanic to work on cars. Roberta Cowell would eventually race in the Antwerp Grand Prix in 1939. When world war two came she enlisted in the royal air force and she was put in the front line of the spitfire squadron then after the war Cowell returned to racing.

Roberta Cowell

30imansilla — 2025-03-28 16:12:06 UTC

Roberta Cowell was a trans then she wants to competed in 1939 Antwerp Prix then she won once when ww2 broke out she want to join the royal air forces. she shot down many enemy plane after ww2 ended she went back to race again

Alice Lee (1858-1939)

29scerda — 2025-03-28 16:14:41 UTC

Alice Lee was a mathematician who was the first woman to obtain a bachelor's degree in science at Bedford College for Women and the first to become a science doctor at the University of London in 1901. She developed a mathematical formula to determine the skull capacity of living individuals. However, when the social scientist E B Hobson and anatomist Sir William Turner found out about it -(He had been one of the anatomists whose head had been measured and he had one of the smaller skulls)-He should have been pleased with Lee's conclusion that skull size did not correlate with intellectual ability but instead he seemed annoyed. Lamor had said that the thesis must be mostly Pearson's work and not Lee's, although Pearson stated clearly that it was not. Although this was a setback, this did not stop Alice Lee, and in 1901, she published an article based on her studies.

2025-03-28 16:15:52 UTC

Dolores Huerta is a social activist who fought for farmers work conditions and better wages, she started a company called United Farm workers, to help other people too, she also worked along side Activist César Chávez.

Roberta Cowell

2025-03-28 16:22:09 UTC

Roberta Cowell was a pilot and race car driver in the 1930s, known for making a significant impact on the world of motorsports. Her most notable achievement came in 1939 when she won the Antwerp Grand Prix. During World War II, she enlisted in the Royal Air Force, further demonstrating her determination and resilience.

What stands out most about Roberta is how she defied the odds and overcame the doubts of others. One of her greatest feats was dressing up as a mechanic to pursue her dreams, showing her commitment to breaking barriers. What I admire most about her is her unwavering perseverance—despite facing skepticism and opposition, she never gave up and continued to prove people wrong.

Wu Zetian

28mreyes — 2025-03-28 16:24:44 UTC

Wu Zetian was the first and only woman emperor of China. She ruled the Tang Dynasty from 665 to 705 CE. At age 14 she became King Taizong’s concubine and later became his secretary in state affairs. Wu Zetian had a lot of ranks, but the highest one was huanghou which means ¨empress consort¨. While she was empress she reformed the government, decreased public spending, and lowered taxes on local peasants. When Wu Zetian began to rule the current religion of China was Confucianism, but this religion did not allow women to rule. So, Wu Zetian as empress changed the religion of China to Buddhism. Wu Zetian’s greatest accomplishment was to become an empress and rule the Tang Dynasty for 40 years!

Sylvia Rivera

2025-03-28 16:37:16 UTC

Sylvia Rivera was born on July 2nd, 1952. She faced a hard life, with her father leaving her and her mother committing suicide when Sylvia was just 3 years old. Sylvia was very intrigued by clothes and makeup from a young age. At school, she was bullied to the point of being attacked on the playground, which led her to run away at the age of 11. In 1963, she met Marsha P. Johnson, who changed her life. At the age of 17, Sylvia began fighting for gay and transgender rights alongside Marsha. In the end, Sylvia played a key role in advancing gay rights.