Women's History

Suffragettes

100

The first women's rights convention was held here.

A. Seneca Falls, NY

B. Washington, D.C.

C. Boston, MA

A. Seneca Falls, NY.

200

In 1873, pioneering women's rights leader Susan B. Anthony went on trial for doing this.

What is voting in a Presidential election.

300

This is the year women won the right to vote in federal elections in the United States.

What is 1920.

400

The number of women who attended the first women's rights convention and who went on to vote after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment (which granted women the vote).

What is one.

500

The Nineteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote in national elections. It was also known as the _________ Amendment, named after one of the most famous suffragettes in American history. 

HINT: it's their last name

What is the Anthony Amendment.

Herstory

100

King Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, was the daughter of this famous Queen.

A. Victoria

B. Isabella

C. Elizabeth

B. Isabella

200

The feminist movement promotes this.

What is women's rights?

300

Why was Hattie McDaniel banned from the movie premiere of "Gone With The Wind"?

Hattie McDaniel was banned from the movie premiere because of her race. The movie was shown in a whites-only movie theater. For her role as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar. 

400

The right to (______) increased women's status in society.

What is vote.

500

Suffrage was a major accomplishment for women in what year?

A. 1918

B. 1920

C. 1925

B. 1920

Famous Firsts

100

The first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean.

Who is Amelia Earhart.

200

The first state to allow women to vote.

What is Wyoming.

300

Though she did not appear on the ballot, this woman was the first to run for President of the United States. The year: 1872.

A. Lucy Stone

B. Susan B. Anthony

C. Victoria Woodhull

C. Victoria Woodhull.

400

In 2004 she became the first African American First Lady of the United States.

Who is Michelle Obama

500

In 1981 she was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court.

Who is Sandra Day O'Connor.

Quotable

100

She said "Wherever women gather together, failure is impossible."

A. Jane Addams

B. Annie Oakley

C. Susan B. Anthony

C. Susan B. Anthony

200

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.

A. Rosa Parks

B. Coretta Scott King

C. Catherine the Great

A. Rosa Parks

300

She wrote, "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal."

A. Clara Barton

B. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

C. Joan of Arc

B. Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

400

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

A. Mother Theresa

B. Maya Angelou

C. Joy Williams

B. Maya Angelou.

500

"Don't follow the path. Go where there is no path and begin the trail."

A. Amelia Earhart

B. Hedy Lamarr

C. Ruby Bridges

C. Ruby Bridges.

Women

100

This 19th century woman boasted, "I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger"

A. Annie Oakley

B. Harriet Tubman

C. Alice McDermott

B. Harriet Tubman

200

This retail giant was recently ordered to pay $12 million in a gender discrimination lawsuit.

A. Wal-Mart

B. K-Mart

C. Sam's Club

A. Wal-Mart.

300

In 2000 she became the only First Lady ever elected to the United States Senate.

Who is Hillary Clinton.

400

She was the first African American woman to enter space.

A. Stephanie Wilson 

B. Dr. Mae Jemison

C. Joan Higginbotham

B. Dr. Mae Jemison.

500

She was the first African American women to enlist in the U.S. Army. She enlisted as a man.

A. Roberta "Bobby" Johnson

B. Anne Barton

C. Cathay Williams

C. Cathay Williams.  (Williams enlisted in the U.S. Regular Army under the false name of "William Cathay" on November 15, 1866)