Flashcards - Notable Hispanic Women

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Celia Cruz

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Cuban singer known as the queen of salsa.

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Ellen Ochoa

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1st Hispanic woman in space.

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Sandra Cisneros

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Mexican-American author of "The House On Mango Street", a book about growing up in a Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago.

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Loreta Janeta Velazquez

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Cuban woman who dressed as a man to fight as a soldier for the Confederate army.

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Antonia Novello

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1st woman and 1st Hispanic to become Surgeon General of the United States.

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Nydia Velazquez

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1st female Puerto Rican to serve in Congress.

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Sonia Sotomayor

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First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.

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Rita Moreno

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Only Hispanic to win an Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony award, played a lead role in the musical/movie West Side Story.

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Hilda Solis

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1st Hispanic to serve on a U.S. Cabinet. Secretary of Labor.

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Selena Quintanilla-Perez

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Queen of Tejano music. Famously crossed over into American mainstream music.