Famous Firsts
America's first woman astronaut
What is former National Football League lineman Roosevelt "Rosie" Grier's favorite hobby?
Needlepoint
Which Western state is the only one that as more men than women enrolled in higher education?
Utah
Under what constitutional amendment did women gain voting rights nationally?
The 19th Amendment (in 1920)
What healthcare occupation only employs 5.7% of men?
Nursing
Who was the first female pilot to attempt to fly around the world?
Amelia Earhart
What product did former New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath make famous by showing off his legs?
Pantyhose
What was the first modern nation to adopt voting rights for women?
New Zealand
What non-traditional worker was returned to "domestic bliss" at the end of World War II?
Rosie the Riveter
Which profession seems more glamorous when men do it, even though they only hold 16% of these jobs?
Cosmetology
Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes?
Marie Curie, the first for Physics in 1903 and the second for Chemistry in 1911
What artistic endeavor did former Chicago Bears wide receiver Willie Gault enroll in to perform his sport with more grace and precision?
Ballet
In what city was the first nursing school for men started?
New York City
Who was the first female Supreme Court Justice?
Sandra Day O'Conner
In which field do women receive nearly twice as many doctorates as men?
Education
Margaret Sanger opens the first what, in the US in 1916?
Birth Control Clinic
What female tennis star beat a male competitor in a challenge match on national TV?
Billie Jean King (vs. Bobby Riggs)
What territory was first to grant women the right to vote in 1869?
Wyoming Territory
What major political position did Geraldine Ferraro run for, making her the first woman ever to attempt this?
Vice President
Engineering
Edith Wharton is the first woman to win what in 1921?
Pulitzer Prize (for her 1920 novel The Age of Innocence)
The AAGPBL stood for what?
All American Girls Professional Baseball League
First women's rights convention met where in 1848
Seneca Falls, New York
Who became the first female Secretary of State in1997
Madeleine Albright
In which level of education do we find the fewest male teachers?
Elementary School