"What a Woman" II
What a Year: 1800-on
African American Women in History
Women's Issues Today
Quotable Lesbians
100
Education: Mari Davis, the executive director of this on-pointe dance troupe here in Toledo
What is The Toledo ballet
100
The first "Woman's Rights Convention" was held in Seneca Falls, New York.
What is 1848
100
Althea Gibson became the first African American to win at Wimbledon and the first African American to win the US Open. These events are in this sport
What is Tennis
100
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, this is the number of cents on the dollar that women earn compared with men today.
What is 77
100
Tennis Great: "Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody."
Who is Billie Jean King?
200
Business: Betsy Brady, The Vice President of Plastics Technologies. Dont turn your lip up on this advice: "(These) are always nearly contagious, and make the workplace a more safe place"
What are smiles
200
Marie Curie is awarded Nobel Prize for Physics for discovery of radioactivity
What is 1903
200
In 2005 Condoleezza Rice was named as this, the first African American woman to hold this position
What is Secretary of State
200
This retail giant was recently ordered to pay $12 million in a gender discrimination lawsuit,
What is Wal-Mart
200
Daughter of a former Vice President: "I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times"
Who is Mary Cheney
300
Education: Isabel Escobar- Associate Professor and Graduate Director of UT’s Chemical Engineering Department, has received nearly one million dollars in grants and funding for her work. She has been a productive author, featured in over 75 technical publications. She is also the advisor for this organization here on campus.
What is The Society of Women's Engineers
300
The Violence Against Women Act is passed, giving women a federal civil rights provision to combat gender-based violent crimes. It also authorizes the expenditure of $1.6 billion dollars over a six-year period to curb violence against women.
What is 1994
300
Juanita Hall became the first African American to win a Tony Award, for playing Bloody Mary in this musical set in WWII.
What is South Pacific
300
This is the percentage of women who voted in the 2008 elections, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
What is 66%
300
American Writer and member of N.O.W: "Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women"
Who is Rita Mae Brown
400
Sciences: Judy Seibenick, who guides a staff that is 95% women, in this healthcare industry who deals with end-of-life care.
What is Hospice
400
The first female candidate for president, Victoria Woodfrey, ran is this year
What is 1872
400
Sharon Pratt Kelly elected mayor of this city in 1990, the first African American mayor of a major American city
What is Washington D.C.
400
Percentage of college students in 2008 who were women.
What is 55%
400
American Actress known for her role as neighbor Marcy D'Arcy (formerly Marcy Rhoades) on Married... with Children: "The most important political step that any gay man or lesbian can take is to come out of the closet. It's been proven that it is easier to hate us and to fear us if you can't see us:
Who is Amanda Bearse
500
Arts-Ann Anderson Stranahan, who is considered the “Mother of Toledo Public Broadcasting,” after turning the small basement bound Board of Education Station into this station that today reaches over 700,000 people per week. Ann served as the first chair on the Board of Directors opened the door for the first female Toledo network station manager
What is WGTE (PBS)
500
Women compete for the first time in Olympic field events.
What is 1928
500
This actress became the first African American to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar -- about playing the role of a servant, she said, "It's better to get $7,000 a week for playing a servant than $7 a week for being one."
Who is Hattie McDaniel
500
Percentage of women in the armed forces, as of 2008.
What is 14%.
500
Comedienne who performed on Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour 2008: "Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one"
Who is Kate Clinton
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