American History
In 1878, an amendment for this was introduced in Congress; its adoption didn't occur until 1920
What is Women’s suffrage?
Known for classic novels - such as Pride and Prejudice - that questioned women's roles within society, she had to write under a false name.
Who is Jane Austen?
Biographer Brenda Maddox called her the "Dark Lady of DNA", this scientist lost the original credit for discovering the double helix.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
Grace Hopper developed this common language for computers.
What is Common Business-Oriented Language?
The number of times the United States women's national soccer team has won the Women's World Cup.
What is 4?
On her death in 2005, this civil rights activist became the first woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol
Who is Rosa Parks?
A life-size statue of this girl pulling back an imaginary curtain in her attic hiding place is at a Boise Human Rights Memorial
Who is Anne Frank?
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields - Physics and Chemistry.
Who is Marie Curie?
The first female engineer in history, one of her first inventions was the Clarke calculator used for graphical electrical properties.
Who was Edith Clarke?
The world’s first novel, written by the female author Murasaki Shikibu in Japan around the year 1000.
What is the Tale of Genji?
This first lady was the United States delegate to the United Nations who championed and won the approval of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
This 2014 Nobel laureate: "I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because... it is the story of many girls"
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
Hedy Lamar invented this precursor to Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth.
What is signal hopping?
First woman to be hired by Western Electric, she is also the co-founder and first president of the Society of Women Engineers.
Who is Beatrice Hicks?
In 1966, she was the first woman to run and finish the Boston Marathon
Who is Roberta Gibb?
Her, in 1869 in a women's suffrage newspaper: "Join the union, girls, and together say equal pay for equal work"
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
Sponsoring one of Egypt's most successful trading expeditions, she is considered one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs.
Who is Hatshepsut?
After being launched in the spacecraft Vostok 6, which completed 48 orbits in 71 hours, she became the first woman to fly in space.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
The first Hispanic woman to reach space, she has also helped to develop three patents on optical equipment.
Who is Dr. Ellen Ochoa?
This part of the brain is thicker in women than in men, which allows them to think more rationally than men.
What is the Cerebral Cortex?
Born a slave around 1797, she became famous as a preacher, abolitionist & women's rights activist
Who is Sojourner Truth?
Living from 1815 to 1852, she was an English mathematician and the world's first computer programmer.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
The first woman in America to receive a medical degree, she would later open a hospital for women & children with her sister Emily
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
Despite no formal education in engineering, this honorary engineer managed the daily operations of constructing the Brooklyn Bridge when her husband fell sick.
Who is Emily Warren Roebling?
Meryl donated her entire salary from playing Margaret Thatcher in this film to the National Women’s History Museum
What is The Iron Lady?