1770s-1820s
1860s-1910s
1910s-1930s
1930s-1950s
1950s-1970s
200
Author of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.
Who is Jane Austen (1775-1817)?
200
The first woman to win the Nobel Prize (1903), this Polish scientist discovered polonium and radium.
Who is Marie Curie (1867-1934)?
200
Assassinated by her two bodyguards, Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) was the first female prime minister of this country for over twenty years.
What is India?
200
Joan Kirner (1938-2015) was the first female premier of this Australian state; she held the role from 1992-1994.
What is Victoria?
200
2009: Kathryn Bigelow (b. 1951) becomes the first woman to win this Oscar for helming The Hurt Locker.
What is Best Director?
400
Mary Shelley (1797–1851) penned this classic horror novel. Its title refers to the scientist, not the monster he creates.
What is Frankenstein (1818)?
400
This profession is made up of 3% women. Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) was a trailblzer, making her way across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928.
What is an airplane pilot?
400
1968: Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) becomes the first woman and first black American to enter the race for this top U.S. government job.
What is the President of the United States of America?
400
Controversial Australian Germaine Greer (b. 1939) is an iconic figure of this civil rights movement: second-wave ________.
What is feminism?
400
Oprah Winfrey (b. 1954) became the first female black American to earn this title by 2003. She's worth more than millions...
What is a billionaire?
600
Supporter of immigrant female and family welfare in Australia, Caroline Chisholm (1808-1877) was formally on this currency before being replaced by Queen Elizabeth II.
What is the $5 note?
600
Frida Kahlo's (1907-1954) 1938 self-portrait ("The Frame") was the first work by a 20th-century artists from this country to be featured in the Lourve.
What is Mexico?
600
The longest-running British Monarch.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022)?
600
1975: Junko Tabei (1939-2016) becomes the frist women to successfully climb this Himalayan landmark.
What is Mount Everest?
600
9 October 2012: Prime Minister Julia Gillard (b. 1961) delivers one of the most famous political speeches in Australian history; it was about this.
What is misogyny?
800
Many places around the world are named after her, reflecting the breadth of the British Empire during her reign.
Who is Queen Victoria (1819-1901)?
800
Comedian Lucille Ball (1911-1989) became a household name with the TV series I Love Lucy; this type of show.
What is a sitcom?
800
This World War II diarist:
Who is Anne Frank (1929-1945)?
800
Country singer/songwriter of 'Jolene', '9-5', and 'I Will Always Love You'.
Who is Dolly Parton (b. 1946)?
800
British author of the Harry Potter series.
Who is J.K. Rowling (b. 1965)?
1000
The most in need get seen to first. Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) founded modern-day this.
What is nursing?
1000
U.S. civil rights activist Rosa Parks (1913-2005) refused to give up her seat at the front of this vehicle, sparking a mass boycott.
What is a bus?
1000
Entertainer Rita Moreno (b. 1931) remains the only Latino to earn an "EGOT", meaning she has won an Emmy, a Grammy, a Tony, and this coveted acting award.
What is an Oscar? / What is an Acadmey Award?
1000
1983: Sally Ride (1951-2012) becomes the first American woman to travel here on the shuttle Challenger.
What is space?
1000
This multi medal-winning runner; one of Australia's fastest and most celebrated athletes.
Who is Cathy Freeman (b. 1973)?