Sorry! Try again.   Antonia Novello served as surgeon general under President George H. W. Bush from 1990 to 1993, focusing on publicizing the dangers of smoking and teenage drinking, AIDS education, and improving health care for women, minorities, and children.   [close]

   Sorry! Try again.   Hattie Wyatt Caraway was appointed to fill the unexpired Senate term from Arkansas of her late husband, Thaddeus H. Carawayin 1932. She was elected for a full term later that year, becoming the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate.   [close]

Correct! Oveta Culp Hobby was appointed Federal Security Administrator under President Eisenhower, later, she became (April 1953) the first Secretary of the newly created Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, the only woman in the cabinet.    [close]

  Sorry! Try again.   Dorothy Dandridge (1922 - 1965) was a leading African American singer and actress in the 1950s. Her greatest success was Carmen Jones (1954) that catapulted her to the heights of stardom. Later she starred in Porgy and Bess (1959).    [close]

Correct! During the decade of the 1940s, Martha Graham's (1894 - 1991) experimentation in dance, acclaimed in New York dance circles, became widely known. Her career spanned four decades and earned her the Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honor.   [close]

  Sorry! Try again.   Ginger Rogers (1911 - 1995) was an Academy Award-winning film and stage actress, singer and dancer. Principally she is celebrated for playing Fred Astaire's romantic interest and dancing partner in a series of musical films that revolutionized the genre.   [close]

Correct! Maxine Hong Kingston (1940 -)is a highly acclaimed writer of both fiction and nonfiction and was one of the first Asian Americans to make it to the top of the literary world in America. Kingston's writing is often cited for its melodiousness and poetry.   [close]

  Sorry! Try again.   Maya Lin (1959 -) is an artist, sculptor and architect best known for her monumental public sculpture Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, DC. Sorry! Try again.   [close]

  Sorry! Try again.   Maya Angelou (1928 -) is an internationally acclaimed poet, writer and educator. She has won numerous awards and a Pulitzer Prize. Her powerful writings have inspired generations of women, and all people who struggle to overcome prejudice and discrimination.   [close]

  Sorry! Try again.   The artist Augusta Savage (1892 - 1962) specialized in portraits of African American leaders—including W. E. B. Du Bois and Frederick Douglass. A dedicated arts educator and sculptor, she campaigned for the empowerment of black artists. She opened New York's first gallery devoted to African American art in 1939.    [close]

  Sorry! Try again.   Artist Kara Walker (1969 -) is part of a generation of controversial African-American artists who deals with stereotypical black images in a confrontational way. was awarded the 2005 Larry Aldrich Award which honors an American artist who has had a significant impact on contemporary visual culture.    [close]

Correct! In 1929 Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 - 1986) began spending time in New Mexico. That region's dramatic mesas, ancient Spanish architecture, vegetation, and desiccated terrain became her constant themes in paintings in which she synthesized abstraction and representation—all rendered with pristine clarity.   [close]