Celebrities
Famous Firsts
Facts
Authors
Unit II Review
100
This famous performer created the campaign, "He for She."
Who is Emma Watson?
100
The first woman to fly alone over the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
100
The number of cents on the dollar that women earn compared with men today.
What is 77 cents?
100
This famous fiction author masked their true identity to increase their credibility (in the 21st century).
Who is JK Rowling?
100
The laws Sanger broke in starting a birth control clinic.
What is Comstock Laws?
200
American media proprietor, famous talk show host, producer, and philanthropist.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
200
The first place to hold a woman's rights convention.
What is Seneca Falls?
200
In 1873, famous suffragette Susan B. Anthony was put on trial for this.
What is attempting to vote?
200
American folklorist, writing over 50 short stories, plays, and essays before death in 1950. Most well known for the novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God".
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
200
The leader of Women's Strike for Peace?
Who is Bella Abzug?
300
A huge icon for women throughout WWII, complete with her own theme song.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
300
The first state to allow women the right to vote.
What is Wyoming?
300
This large retail chain was recently ordered to pay $12 million in a gender discrimination lawsuit.
What is Wal-Mart?
300
One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, a german diarist.
Who is Anne Frank?
300
What year was JFK elected president AND who did he run against?
What is 1960? Who is Richard Nixon?
400
A new wave feminist who fights for education for all women globally.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
400
What year (within 5 years) was the first woman in the presidential cabinet?
What is 1933?
400
The first year all people could vote in America.
What is 1920?
400
An American poet born in 1830, known for the poems "Hope is a Thing with Feathers" and "I'm Nobody."
Who is Emily Dickinson?
400
The term used to describe children raised in Communist families.
What is Red Diaper Babies?
500
Is most commonly known for the quote falsely attributed to her, "Ain't I A Woman?"
Who is Sojourner Truth?
500
The first woman to appear on the presidential ballot.
Who is Victoria Claflin Woodhull?
500
This is the year (within 5 years) women in military were put in combat.
What is 1991?
500
The author of "Frankenstein"
Who is Mary Shelley?
500
Was barred from law school due to racial discrimination and coined the term, "Jane Crow Laws?"
Who is Pauli Murray?
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