Women's History
Who became the first woman vice-president candidate on a major political party ticket when selected in 1984?
Geraldine Ferraro
Junko Tabei was the first woman to summit what mountain?
Mount Everest
Billie Jean King beat what other tennis player in Battle of the Sexes?
Bobby Riggs - 90 million worldwide viewers
Who co-founded the United Farm Workers Union with Cesar Chavez?
Delores Huerta
Who founded the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
Cheryl Miller, Rebecca Lobo, Lisa Leslie, Diana Taurasi, and Sue Bird are all pioneers of what sport?
Basketball
Who developed the first effective injectable treatment for leprosy?
Lise Meitner
Clara Barton
Alice Ball
Rosalind Franklin
Alice Ball
Who was the first woman to be featured on a circulating US coin?
Queen Isabella of Spain
Susan B. Anthony
Sacagawea
Harriet Tubman
Susan B. Anthony
18 year old Maame Biney was the first African American woman to compete in an Olympic event in 2018. What was her event?
Hockey
Short Track Speed Skating
Luge
Cross Country Skiing
Cross Country Skiing
Who was the first woman to run for US President?
Susan B. Anthony
Victoria Woodhull
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Victoria Woodhull, 1872
While the military faced a shortage of men during WWII, the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard allowed female service members into rank in 1941. How many women served during this war?
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
400,000
What is generally considered as the first official individual event that women were allowed to compete in during the Olympics in 1900?
Diving
Trap Shooting
Gymnastics
Tennis
Tennis
Who was the first woman to serve as prime minister of India in 1966-1977?
Indira Gandhi
Katherine Graham was the first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company, what was it?
The Washington Post
New York Times
IBM
Chrysler
The Washington Post
Under the name, K.V Switzer, Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to complete this marathon, despite many attempts from the race director to remove her in 1967?
Boston Marathon