Famous Illinoisans Part 2

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This lady was a famous historian and the first female president of a coed university, The University of Chicago.

The “greatest woman athlete of the second half of the 20th century.” She won Olympic gold TWICE in the heptathlon.

The first black woman in space (aboard the space shuttle Endeavour).

One of our country’s best-known and popular gospel singers who was also a leader in the civil rights movement.

This woman was the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with immigrants and the poor. Ironically, she had to leave medical school, due to illness.

Born in 1889, this famous female, along with her brother, were high trapeze artists with the Ringling Brothers’ Show.

This woman loved reading and began writing poems at an early age. She was named our state poet in 1968.

The first female lawyer in the United States.