Women Who Make a Difference

Mar 13th, 2010 • Category: Activities

By DANIELLE DAVIS

See if you can match these famous women!

1. My sister and I are tennis champions and have used our success to raise awareness of our sport.

2. I am a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador and as such I have visited and done humanitarian work all over the world including Tanzania, Sri Lanka and Sierra Leone.

3. In August of 2009, President Obama appointed me to the Supreme Court thus making me the first Hispanic female supreme court justice.

4. I am a Chinese-American anti-racism activist and feminist who played a important role in the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

5. I am a Latina labor activist and organizer of Farm Workers. I am a co-founder of the United Farmworkers of America.

A. Angelina Jolie
Photo: Remy Steinegger, World Economic Forum
Photo: Remy Steinegger, World Economic Forum
B. Dolores Huerta
Photo: Eric Guo/flickr.com
Photo: Eric Guo/flickr.com
C. Venus and Serena Williams
Photo: Flickr, Galawebdesign
Photo: Flickr, Galawebdesign
D. Grace Lee Boggs
Photo: BoggsCenter.org
Photo: BoggsCenter.org
E. Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia-Sotomayor
Photo: Stacey Ilys

ANSWER KEY
1. C
2. A
3. E
4. D
5. B

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