Ladies' First

1. Scat singer from Forties and Fifties 21. Co-host of the Today Show
W W L W W W W W W G W W W W W W W W I W W C W W W W W
2. Member of Algonquin Round Table 22. She will never go hungry again
W W W W T W W W W W W K W W W C W W W W W W W O ' W W W W
3. A.Y. Jackson & Tom Thompson's colleague 23. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" auth.
W W W W Y W W A W W W W Y W W W W W W W W U
4. She warned Lt. Fitzgibbon 24. Arthur's character on "The Golden Girls"
W W W R W W W W C W W W W W W W W W Y W Z W W W W W W
5. Tomb Raider protagonist 25. "Relic Hunter" actress
L W W W W W W W F W W I W W W W W W E W W
6. Olympic gold medallist, figure skating, '76 26. Nurse during the Crimean War
W W R W W W W W W W M W W W W W W W W N W W W W W W W W W W W A W W
7. TV judge, author of . . .Dumb Is Forever 27. Conductor on the Underground Railroad
W W D W W W W H W W W W W W W W W W W I W W W W W B W W W
8. Suicidal poet behind "The Bell Jar" 28. Kidnapping victim who became "Tania"
W W W V W W W W W W T W W W W W Y W H W W W W W
9. She was "superbitch" Alexis Carrington 29. "America's Sweetheart", Cdn.-born
W O W W W W W W W W W S M W W W W W W W W F W W W
10. Shakespeare's paramour 30. Real-life role for Angela Bassett
W W N W W W W W W W W W W W W W A W W W R W W W
11. First lady Assoc. Justice of Supreme Ct. 31. First female Attorney General of the U.S.
W A W W W W W D W W W W ' W O W W W W W W W W W T W W W W O
12. L. Frank Baum's main character 32. She started painting at 75, lived to 101
D W W W W W W W G W W W W W W W W M W W M W W W W
13. "Surrounded" was her first single 33. She won the Battle of the Sexes
W W W N W W W W W W W W W W Z W W W W W L W W W W W A W W K W W W
14. Iron Butterfly, said she had 2120 shoes 34. Murderous inhabitant of Sunset Blvd.
W M W W W W W W W W W O W W W W M W W W W W W W W D
15. We know she went down off Howland I. 35. We know she went up June 18, 1983
W W W L W W W W W W H W W W S W W W W W W W D W
16. Was trained out of her Cockney accent 36. She's the force behind The Body Shop
W W W Z W W W W O W W W W W W A W W W W W W W W W W W K
17. Acted in Hearts of the World w/ sis Lillian 37. First book: The Secret of the Old Clock
W O W W W W W W G W W W W W W C W W W W E W
18. 1st Chair of UN Com'sion on Human Rights 38. Road to. . . flicks actress
E W W W W W W W W W W W W V W W W W W W O W W W W W W W W U W
19. She studies chimpanzees 39. Soprano pro child birth defect research
W W N W W W W W W W L W W W V W W W W W S W W W W
20. Advocate of temperance 40. Author of Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries
W A W W W W W W W W W O W W W W W W H W W S W W W W W

Okay, so maybe you got all of these easily, and maybe you only got some. The real question is, what does this puzzle have to do with the connect-the-dots puzzle found at the same location?
Solutions