Clue#1 What an Impression!Impressionist painters broke from traditional rules by painting outdoors and also by focusing more on colors than details. These artists were mostly men but there was one woman who became one of the most famous Impressionist painters of all time. Who was she?
To find out, locate the impressionists in the West Building of the National Gallery of Art. Find her painting that is a great example of being outdoors and painting with color. It is about
“A Celebration That Would Be Found On Water.”
So now, who was she?
A) Mary Cassatt
B) Judith Leyster
C) Georgia O’Keefe
Get a picture of both of you in front of this impressionist painting signing the right answer.
No team found the correct painting (on left) but most teams found Cassatt's work. 
Clue #2 Making Her Mark Who was the first American woman to ever be on a US postage stamp? Who was the first woman ever to be on a dollar bill (silver certificate)?
Solve this math problem to figure out what gallery to visit in the West Building of the National Gallery of Art.
She was placed on the 8 cent stamp in 1902 and many people bought these stamps to collect. Imagine you only had $4.96, how many stamps could you buy? _______________
You’ll find her pointing to a map of your hometown! Who was she?
D) Mary Todd Lincoln
E) Martha Jefferson
F) Martha Washington
Get a picture of both of you signing the answer in front of this painting.
Clue #3 Primary Self-Portrait In 1630, most women were uneducated and stayed at home to take care of children, whereas this Dutch woman was one of the first publicly recognized female painters in the world and she had her own studio where she worked and taught her students. Who was she?
Look for her self-portrait in a room with other Dutch Masters from the 1600s in the West Building of the National Gallery of Art. What was her name?
G) Georgia O’Keeffe
H) Judith Leyster
I) Laura Ingalls
Get a photo of both of you signing the right answer in front of her self-portrait.
Clue #4 East Meets West This woman is one of the most famous American painters in modern history. She was trained as an artist in the East but then became famous for painting scenes in the West (New Mexico). She also is well known for painting many…
“Jack-in-the-_______________”
You must head to the upper level of the building of the National Gallery of Art that is connected to the direction of where she was trained as an artist.
Who is this American Legend?
J) Sally Ride
K) Georgia O’Keefe
L) Blanche Stuart Scott
Get a photo of both of you in front of her #4 painting while signing the answer.
Clue #5 Get Your Wings Who was the first woman to make a solo airplane flight? Who was the first woman to earn a pilot’s license? What museum would you go to in order to find the answers to these two questions?
These two women were part of the Earliest period of Flight. Go there to find your answer.
Who were these trailblazers?
M) Bessie Coleman & Sally Ride
N) Amelia Earhart & Laura Ingalls
O) Blanche Stuart Scott & Harriet Quimby
Get a photo of both of your signing the answer while standing next to a statue in this area.
Clue # 6 Another Great First Bessie Coleman was the first African American to become a pilot but she couldn’t do it here in the U.S. because she was fighting racism and segregation. So she went to another country and then became the first American ever to earn an International Pilot License in 1921.
Where did she go to accomplish this?
P) England
Q) France
R) Germany
You’ll have to ask Von Hardesty.
Head to the gift shop in the Air & Space Museum and find the “Smithsonian Institute” book that Hardesty wrote. Research “Queen Bess” to figure out where she went.
Get a photo of both of you signing the answer with the book open to a picture of Bessie Coleman.
Clue #7 The Race to Space She didn’t ride the V-2 Rocket nor did she fall in the Missile Pit but she was the first woman to participate in the Space Race! Who was she?
S) Christa McAuliffe
T) Amelia Earhart
U) Sally Ride
Get a picture of both of you signing the answer in front of the first female astronaut in the Air & Space Museum.
Find out why she only has her first name on her uniform and answer it here: _______________________________
_______________________________________________
What year did she go to space?______________________
Clue #8 One flew over the … She was a (Flaky crust + 15 Letter of Alphabet + Synonym of Close) of Flight
(Go to where this exhibit usually is and solve this clue in the Air & Space Museum).
Her name is “Malaria Heater” but you will need to unscramble this to find her real name:
_______________________ ___________________
Shoot a video!
You must find her radio receiver and shoot a short video in which one of you does the following things:
1) Act like you are flying the plane and sending a message on your radio.
2) Explain who you are.
3) Explain the flight you took in 1932 and why it has made you so famous!
Be sure that the radio receiver is easy to see in the video.
Clue #9 Aviatrix Gallery Solve this riddle to figure out where to go in the Air & Space Museum:
While Denver has Nuggets and Michael Phelps has 8 from Beijing you still have yours because sometimes you might eat these “grahams” for breakfast. Still can’t figure it out? Go to the room whose number is a block “less” than Terrance & Rosci’s Park address. Now that you’re here…answer this:
In 1934, Clifford Harmon gave his trophy to an aviatrix who was the first person to fly around South America and also over the Andes Mountains by herself.
Who was she? __________________________
Now that you have her name find her photo in the Records and Accomplishments section of this exhibit. What else did she do?
V) Fly around the world on one tank of gas
W) Fly 980 loops without stopping
X) Fly across the Pacific Ocean by herself
Get a photo of both of you signing the correct answer in front of her photo!
Clue #10 Don’t Get Stung! You would want these WASPs working on your side! That’s right, I’m sending you to a WASP’s nest…but don’t be scared, they are your allies.
Inside the Air & Space Museum, head to the exhibit in the Southwest corner of the second floor.
Look carefully to find the WASPs and then shoot a video.
1) Act like you are a WASP and you just got back from a mission.
2) Explain what WASP stands for & why it started.
3) Tell the audience how many women were in the program and how many miles all of you flew over the course of the war.
