Great Women

She was a campaigner for women's suffrage in Britain in the early twentieth century. After years of activism she contributed to some women over 30 being able to vote in 1918. Two years after her death, in 1928, all women over 21 were allowed to vote

A Polish scientist who won two Nobel prizes and discovered the radioactive elements polonium and radium, making a huge contribution to the treatment of cancer.

As a black woman, she stood up to racial segregation in the southern US in 1955 by refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her arrest accelerated the civil rights movement and eventual changes in discriminatory rules and laws.

In 1932 she flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Something which had only been done once before

A Jamaican nurse who travelled to the Crimea and set up a hospital to help wounded soldiers, although she was turned down as a nurse by the British medical service going to the war

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1. Question

Can you match the great women above to their achievements? There are two groups of five on two pages to match up.

When you have finished click on the materials tab above. Each name is a link to more information.

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And now the second group!

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