Politics
Who became the first female Secretary of State of the United States, appointed by President Clinton in 1997?
Madeleine Albright
Simone Biles is the most decorated athlete in which sport?
Gymnastics
Who is the dancer, singer, actor, fundraiser, author, and poet who read a specially-composed poem at President Bill Clinton’s inauguration in 1993?
Maya Angelou
How many years did it take for women to win the right to vote in the United States?
72 years (from the first Women’s Rights Convention in 1848 to 1920)
When was the first Women's History Month observed in the U.S.?
1987
Who was the first black Congresswoman, beginning in 1968; and who in 1972 ran for President and won 151 delegates at the Democratic Convention?
Shirley Chisholm
Who took over management of Columbia Sportwear Company in the late 1930's, when it was near bankruptcy, and turned it into the largest American ski apparel company worth $4 billion in 1972?
Gertrude Boyle
One of the most important Union spies and scouts during the Civil War was a Black woman who had escaped from slavery. Can you name her?
Harriet Tubman (1820–1913), who also led over 300 people in their escape from slavery via the system of safe–houses known as the Underground Railroad.
What was the name given to the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed women's right to vote in the United States?
Susan B. Anthony Amendment
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart, in 1932.
Who was the first woman in modern history to lead a major Native-American tribe, the Cherokee Nation?
Wilma Mankiller
Who holds the Open Era record for most women's singles Grand Slam titles (23)?
Serena Williams
Who is the woman who became a fiery orator supporting anti-slavery and women's suffrage after gaining her freedom from slavery?
Sojourner Truth
Women who worked for women’s right to vote were called?
a. radical
b. immoral
c. suffragist
d. all of the above
Who introduced America to French cooking in her books and television series from 1963 through the 1990's?
Julia Child
Who was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Sandra Day O'Connor, appointed in 1981.
In what year did women first compete in the Olympic Games?
1900
The line of beauty products she created for African-American people made her the first Black woman millionaire in the United States. Who was she?
In 1905, Madam C.J. Walker began developing hair lotion and then a comb to straighten curly hair. She eventually employed 3,000 people, mostly Black women, to work in factories and sell her line of products.
In what year did women in the United States win the right to vote?
1920
Which Native American woman assisted the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Sacagawea
Who was the first woman to run for U.S. President?
Victoria Woodhull in 1872
Who defeated Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match in 1973?
Billie Jean King.
Before the 1960s, farm workers in the U.S. were not paid even the minimum wage, and had no influential representatives to fight for their rights. Who was the female leader to help change this?
Dolores Huerta, a long–time Chicana labor activist, co–founded the United Farm Workers union in 1962. She served for over two decades as the union’s vice–president and chief lobbyist, savvy labor contract negotiator, and nationwide speaker.
How many other countries had already guaranteed women’s right to vote before the campaign was won in the United States?
16
New Zealand (1893), Australia (1902), Finland (1906), Norway (1913), Denmark (1915), USSR (1917), Canada (1918), Germany (1918), Poland (1918), Austria (1919), Belgium (1919), Great Britain (1919), Ireland (1919), Luxembourg (1919), the Netherlands (1919), Sweden (1919)
Who is considered the first computer programmer?
Ada Lovelace