Women's History Month

Entertainment

100

Who was the first woman to co-anchor a news show?

A. Marlene Sanders

B. Barbara Walters

C. Susan Stambeg

Barbara Walters

200

Who was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame?

A. Ella Fitzgerald

B. Aretha Franklin

C. Joni Mitchell

Aretha Franklin

300

Who was the first woman to receive EGOT status (winner of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony)?

A. Helen Hayes

B. Audrey Hepburn

C. Barbra Streisand

Helen Hayes

400

Who is known for being the first African American prima ballerina?

A. Anne Benna Sims

B. Aesha Ash

C. Janet Collins

Janet Collins

500

Who was the first Chinese-American movie star in Hollywood?

A. Anna May Wong 

B. Michelle Yeoh

C. Rosalind Chao

Ana May Wong

Science

100

Which mathematician was known as ‘the human computer’ and helped calculate trajectories for the first man in space?

A. Kitty O’Brien Joyner

B. Sally Ride

C. Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson 

200

Which of the following mathematicians is considered to be the first computer programmer?

A. Ada Lovelace

B. Amy Noether

C. Julia Robinson

Ada Lovelace

300

Which astronomer and physicist discovered the composition of stars?

A. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

B. Émilie du Châtelet

C. Sandra Faber

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

400

Which of the following astronauts was the first Black woman to travel into space?

A. Kathy Sullivan

B. Mary Jackson

C. Mae C. Jemison

Mae C. Jemison

500

Which scientist’s contribution led to the discovery of the structure of DNA?

A. Rosalind Franklin

B. Lisa Meitner

C. Rachel Carson

Rosalind Franklin

History

100

Which of the following pilots was the first female pilot to operate a transatlantic flight in 1932?

A. Amelia Earhart

B. Aida de Acosta

C. Harriet Quimby

Amelia Earhart

200

What year were women first allowed to vote?

A.1950

B. 1855

C. 1920

1920

300

Who was the Olympic sprinter to win 6 gold medals despite her battle with polio?

A. Wilma Rudolph

B. Debi Thomas

C. Vonetta Flowers

Wilma Rudolph

400

Who is known as the founder of ‘modern nursing’ and helped further army medical services?

A. Florence Nightingale

B. Clara Barton

C. Virginia Henderson

Florence Nightingale

500

Which activist co-founded and presided over the National Woman Suffrage Association?

A. Ann D. Gordon

B. Susan B. Anthony

C. Lucretia Mott

Susan B. Anthony 

Literature

100

Who wrote the classic gothic novel, Frankenstein?

A. Mary Shelley

B. Virginia Woolf

C. Margaret Atwood

Mary Shelley

200

Which disability and women’s rights activist was known for being the first deaf-blind person to write a book and earn a Bachelor’s Degree?

A. Elizabeth Ware Packard

B. Judith Heumann

C. Helen Keller

Helen Keller

300

‘Hope is the thing with feathers’ is one of the most well-known poems by which renowned writer?

A. Emily Dickinson

B. Sylvia Plath

C. Elizabeth Bishop

Emily Dickinson

400

Who was the first African American writer to have a public poetry book published? 

A. Harriet Tubman

B. Phillis Wheatley

C. Maya Angelou

Phillis Wheatley 

500

Who was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature?

A. Bell Hooks

B. Toni Morrison

C. Alice Walker

Toni Morrison

Government

100

Which US First Lady is known for being the first to take on responsibilities beyond hosting and entertaining in the White House?

A. Eleanor Roosevelt

B. Jackie Kennedy

C. Rosalynn Carter

Eleanor Roosevelt

200

Who was the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court?

A. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

B. Sandra Day O’Connor

C. Sonia Sotomayor

Sandra Day O'Connor 

300

What US state was Kamala Harris a senator for before becoming Vice President?

A. Illinois

B. New Mexico

C. California

California 

400

Which politician was the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress?

A. Shirley Chisholm

B. Barbara Jordan

C. Carol Moseley Braun

Shirley Chisholm

500

Which of the following women was the first female US Secretary of State?

A. Madeleine Albright

B. Condolezza Right

C. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Madeleine Albright