Women in History
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Who is Marie Curie?
This country was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1893.
What is New Zealand?
This American gymnast has won multiple Olympic gold medals and is widely considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time.
Who is Simone Biles?
She was Canada’s first female Prime Minister.
Who is Kim Campbell?
This global movement encouraging women to speak out about sexual harassment went viral in 2017.
What is the #MeToo movement?
This civil rights activist refused to give up her bus seat in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
She became the first woman to serve as Vice President of the United States in 2021.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Who is Serena Williams?
She was the first Indigenous Governor General of Canada.
Who is Mary Simon?
This filmmaker became the first woman of color to win the Academy Award for Best Director in 2021
Who is Chloé Zhao?
She organized the first International Women’s Day in 1911.
Who is Clara Zetkin?
This country elected the world’s first female Prime Minister in 1960
What is Sri Lanka?
This U.S. soccer player became the all-time leading scorer in international soccer.
Who is Abby Wambach?
She was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Who is Bertha Wilson?
This Netflix show about chess prodigy Beth Harmon became a global hit in 2020.
What is The Queen’s Gambit?
She was the first woman to travel into space in 1963.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
In 1929, she was one of the “Famous Five” who fought for women to be legally recognized as “persons” in Canada.
Who is Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney or Irene Parlby
Women were first allowed to compete in the modern Olympic Games in this year at the Paris Olympics.
What is 1900?
This Canadian physicist won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018 for work on laser physics, becoming the first Canadian woman to receive the award.
Who is Donna Strickland?
This actress became the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2023
Who is Michelle Yeoh?
She was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States in 1849.
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Selma Lagerlöf?
This tennis player broke racial barriers by becoming the first Black athlete to win a Grand Slam singles title in 1956.
Who is Althea Gibson?
Which Canadian province was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1916?
What is Manitoba?
She was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Who is Aretha Franklin?