Famous Feminists
Feminism and American Politics
Feminism at UVA
FINAL JEOPARDY
100
This woman is the first hispanic Supreme Court Justice, and the third woman to be appointed to the court.
Who is Justice Sonia Sotomayor
100
This Supreme Court case guaranteed women in all fifty states the right to have an abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade
100
This annual event raises awareness about sexual violence on grounds through a week of events culminating in a vigil
What is Take Back the Night
100
In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell, an immigrant from England, beame the first female in America of this profession
What is DOCTOR
200
This woman came to UVA last year and is a bestselling author and an advocate for trans women’s rights. She is also the host of “So POPular!” and is a Contributing Editor for "Marie Claire" magazine.
Who is Janet Mock
200
Jane Addams helped to found this institution in Chicago, the first settlement house in the U.S.
What is Hull House
200
This all female organization’s mission is to advocate for survivors of sexual assault.
What is One Less
300
This woman coined the term "intersectionality"
Who is Kimberlé Crenshaw
300
This statute ensured that men’s athletics could not be given preferential treatment on college campuses, as well as several other important protections for women on campus.
What is Title IX
300
This women, who took her position in 2010, was the first women to be named president of UVA.
Who is Teresa Sullivan
400
This woman is a famous scholar of queer theory and has written from a postmodernist perspective about the performativity of gender.
Who is Judith Butler
400
She was the first female vice presidential candidate to run for a major political party.
Who is Geraldine Ferraro
400
This is the first year that women were allowed to enroll in graduate programs at UVA.
What is 1920
500
This woman graduated from Yale law school and went on to work at both the Office for Civil Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in the early 1980s. She spurred the country's awareness of workplace sexual assault after an interview with the FBI was leaked to the press, in which she said she was sexually assaulted by (current Justice of the Supreme Court) Clarence Thomas. Sadly, her case was dismissed by an all-male Senate Judiciary Committee and she has still not received justice.
Who is Anita Hill
500
This supreme court case ruled that Virginia Military Academy’s admission policy violated women’s rights and ordered them to admit women.
What is United States v. Virginia
500
In 1935, this woman was the first African American to apply to UVA.
Who is Alice Jackson
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