Black Women's History
Who was the first Black woman to serve as a justice on the United States Supreme Court?
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson
What date is International Women's day?
March 8
An American professional tennis player and former world No. 1 in women's single tennis.
Serena Williams
First female Vice President of the US of America.
Kamala Harris
When is Women's History month celebrated?
March
Who was the first female hip-hop recording artist to get nominated for an Oscar
Who is Queen Latifah
In what year did American women win the right to vote?
1920
What was the first women's professional sports league founded in 1943, and ending in 1954?
What is the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League?
This woman was the first female speaker of the US House and the highest ranking woman in the history of the US Congress
Who is Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Who (woman) was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
Who was the first black woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal?
Who is Alice Coachman?
In what year was March established as Women's History Month?
1987
In the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games. (Hint: she was a black woman)
Wilma Rudolph
First female US Supreme Court Judge?
Sandra Day O'Connor
Which of these inventions was not created by women?
a. Windshield wipers
b. The Theory of Radioactivity
c. Circular saw
d. None of the above
d. None of the above
Who was the first African American woman to win the Noble Prize for Literature?
Toni Morrison
First US territory to grant women rights to vote
Wyoming
Fifty years ago this law was passed as part of the educational amendments of 1972 to ensure women had equal opportunities to participate in all education programs or activities that received federal funding
What is Title IX?
This woman was the first black woman to run for president in 1972
Shirley Chisholm
Which political party created Women's History Month?
The Socialist party
Who was the first black woman in the United States to earn and be granted a medical degree?
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Where was the first Women's Rights Convention held?
Seneca Falls, New York
Who was the first woman to compete at the Olympic Games and become the first female Olympic champion? (Hint: she is not American)
Who is Hélène de Pourtalès?
Who wrote the first version of the Equal Rights Amendment, in 1923?
Alice Paul
The first black woman to go into space
Mae Jemison