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What does the women's rights organization formed in 1890, known as NAWSA, stand for?
National American Women’s Suffrage Association
Who was best known for her work on the Underground Railroad, she performed valuable service for the Union army during the Civil War?
Harriet Tubman
What was the nickname given to the famous symbol of American women working on the home front during World War II?
Rosie the Riveter
Who was the suffragist leader who established the National Woman’s Party in 1916, that was from New Jersey?
Alice Paul
Who was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean ?
Amelia Earhart
What does WTUL stand for, which was formed to support women to organize unions and to eliminate sweatshop conditions?
Women’s Trade Union League
Who was the first female American physician to earn her medical degree in 1849?
Elizabeth Blackwell
What did the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 do for American women?
The Act eliminated discrimination "on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions."
Why was March chosen as Women’s History Month?
The week of March 8th, was International Women’s Day, and so was March chosen as the focal point of the observance.
What act was passed in 1994, which provided funding toward investigating and prosecuting those involved in violent crimes against women?
Violence Against Women Act
Founded by leaders such as Harriet Tubman, what does NACW stand for
National Association of Colored Women
Who was the first female to become U.S. Secretary of State?
Madeleine Albright
What issue was introduced for the first time on the public stage at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.
Suffrage- women's voting rights
Which state in 1890 was the first state to grant women the right to vote?
Wyoming
Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act was passed by which U.S. President in efforts to ensure all citizens receive equal deductions from their pay.
President Barack Obama
Founded in 1966, to support in the advancement of women and end sexual discrimination in employment. what does N.O.W. stand for?
National Organization for Women
Who was the first African American Woman to become U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice
What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction.
Roe v. Wade
Who served as a delegate to the United Nations as a chairman of the Commission on Human Rights following her husband’s death?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Which ammendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
Who founded the President's Commission on the Status of Women, to investigate equality issues?
President John F. Kennedy
In what year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus?
1955
What was the name of the court case, which took place in Millville, N.J. , helping to define the limitations of equal pay for men and women who hold the same position?
Schultz v. Wheaton Glass Co.
Who became the first woman to become Speaker of the House ?
Nancy Pelosi
Who was the first female to become a US Supreme Court Justice?
Sandra Day O’Connor