ESL 3 my class's presentations.
Women Leaders in U.S. History
Choose one woman leader from 1800s on 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version)
Susan B. Anthony • Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Sojourner Truth • Harriet Tubman • Lucretia Mott • Lucy Stone
Or Women leaders on U.S. Currency (search https://www.usmint.gov/)
Martha Washington (Loc--ESL 5)
Sacagawea
Helen Keller
Susan B. Anthony
Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
Or the American Women Quarters Program
https://womenshistory.si.edu/american-women-quarters-program2022 Honorees
Maya Angelou – Poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist
**Dr. Sally Ride – Physicist and first American woman in space (Ngoc Anh, ESL 5)
Wilma Mankiller – First woman elected chief of the Cherokee Nation (Omar, ESL 5)
**Nina Otero-Warren – Suffrage activist and public official (Fumei, ESL 5)
**Anna May Wong – First Chinese American Hollywood movie star (Trinh, ESL 5)
2023 Honorees
Bessie Coleman – First African American and Native American woman pilot
Edith Kanaka‘ole – Indigenous Hawaiian composer, chanter, and cultural practitioner
**Eleanor Roosevelt – First Lady, diplomat, and human rights advocate (Ginny, ESL 5)
**Jovita Idár – Journalist and activist for civil rights and women’s suffrage (Helena, ESL 5)
**Maria Tallchief – Prima ballerina and cultural figure in American dance (YuHui ESL 5)
2024 Honorees
Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray – Civil rights activist, lawyer, and author
Patsy Takemoto Mink – Lawmaker and champion of gender equity in education (Ezzy, ESL 5)
**Dr. Mary Edwards Walker – Surgeon and women’s rights pioneer (Jin, ESL 5)
Celia Cruz – Influential Afro-Cuban singer and cultural icon (ESL 5 Rocio)
Zitkala-Ša – Writer, composer, and Native American rights advocate
2025 Honorees
Ida B. Wells – Investigative journalist and civil rights leader
**Juliette Gordon Low – Founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (Han, ESL 5)
Dr. Vera Rubin – Astronomer whose work provided evidence of dark matter
**Stacey Park Milbern – Disability justice activist (Joomee, ESL 5)
**Althea Gibson – Pioneering athlete and first Black competitor to break tennis’s color barrier-(ESL 5--Althea Gibson)
