POLITICS
Who was the first woman to serve as speaker of the house?
a) Nancy Pelosi
b) Vera Buchanan
c) Patsy Mink
a) Nancy Pelosi
Someone who supports women's rights
This woman risked her life to free many slaves from freedom.
Harriet Tubman
a) Charlotte Cooper
b) Margaret Abbott
c) Katherine Swizzer
a) Charlotte Cooper
In 1962, this woman became the first Latina to win an Oscar. Famous for her central role in the 1961 movie "West Side Story".
Rita Moreno
Who was the first lady to have developed her own political and media identity?
Eleanor Roosevelt
What was the year women earned the right to vote?
a) 1940
b) 1920
c) 1960
b) 1920
A Native American woman who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition
Sacagawea
In 1993, Carey Schueler became the first woman drafted in which sport?
a) basketball
b) hockey
c) football
d) baseball
d) baseball
This woman was an English mathematician and writer, known for her work on a mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytic Engine.
Ada Lovelace
Who was the first female U.S. Supreme Court Judge?
a) Marcy Kaptur
b) Yvonne Burke
c) Sandra Day O'Connor
c) Sandra Day O'Connor
3) Where was the first women's rights convention held in the U.S. ?
Seneca Falls, NY
This woman was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Amelia Earhart
What national past time did women replace men with during WWII?
Baseball
This African American woman became the first female self-made millionaire in the U.S. by building a cosmetics empire in the early 20th century.
Madam C.J. Walker
This woman graduated from Wellesley College and went on to become a first lady and a Senator.
Hillary Clinton
What year did March become Women's History Month in the U.S. ?
a) 1987
b) 1946
c) 1934
a)1987
Who was the first black woman to go into space?
a) Stephanie Wilson
b) Mae Jemison
c) Katherine Johnson
b) Mae Jemison
What does the acronym, WNBA stand for?
Women's National Basketball Association
This woman was the first woman to write the first science fiction book. This book was called Frankenstein.
Mary Shelley
This powerful woman was the Queen of England for 70 years.
Queen Elizabeth II
What time period was 1890-1920?
a) Civil Rights Movement
b) Progressive Movement
c) Women's History Movement
b) Progressive Movement
Who wrote the first version of the Equal Rights Amendment, in 1923?
a) Lucy Burns
b) Alice Paul
c) Susan B. Anthony
b) Alice Paul
What is the highest paid professional sport for females?
Tennis
In 1975, she became the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest and is the 1st woman to climb the seven peaks, which are the highest points on Earth's 7 continents.
Junko Tabei