Origins of WHM
Women's History Month is celebrated on this month
What is March?
The first woman and woman of color to be sworn in as the Vice President of the United States
Who is Kamala Harris?
She refused to give up her bus seat to a white man helping launch the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Rosa Parks?
Rosalind Franklin has only recently started to receive credit, but it was her research and x-ray diffraction images that enabled Watson and Crick to discover the structure of this molecule
What is DNA?
Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffrage supporters worked to achieve the 19th amendment which legally guarantees American women this right
What is the right to vote?
International Women's Day is celebrated on this day
What is March 8th?
The first female nominee of a major political party to run for office
Who is Hilary Clinton?
The second woman ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, serving from 1993 until her passing in 2020, whose career is marked by a fight for equity
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsberg?
This Mexican artist was memorialized in the Barbie Inspiring Women series, but Mattel faced criticism when the doll did not include her signature unibrow
Who is Frida Kahlo?
The Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision the legality of abortion under the 14th Amendment in this landmark case
What is Roe v. Wade?
In 1909, suffragists and women's rights groups gathered for the first celebration of this day
What is International Women's Day?
Old friends, they launched the national women's suffrage movement, advocating for women's right to vote
Who are Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
Sworn into Congress in 2019 and becoming the youngest woman and youngest Latina to serve for Congress, she's well known for her career marked by public service and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
This famous now-saint convinced the crown prince Charles to allow her to lead a French army against the invading English, but was eventually burned at the stake for witchcraft
Who is Joan of Arc?
An amendment to Title VII, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 bars employers or potential employers from discriminating against employees or possible employees based on what?
What is pregnancy, childbirth, or medical conditions related to either?
The Presidential Proclamation was issued to recognize the week of March 8th as Women's History Week on this year
What is 1980?
Author of the Feminine Mystique and founder of the National Organization of Women
Who is Betty Friedan?
A disabled activist, writer, editor, and community organizer, she is the founder and director of Disability Visibility Project and author of Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life
Who is Alice Wong?
She is the first person (not just woman) to be awarded a second Nobel Prize
Who is Marie Curie?
Black women were integral to the suffrage movement that won women the right to vote, yet they would end up waiting 45 years for the same right when finally this act was passed
What is The Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Congress passed legislation to officially establish March as Women's History Month on this year
What is 1987?
A prominent figure in promoting rights for women and girls to receive equal education, and at the age of 17 became the youngest individual to receive a Nobel Peace Prize
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
A writer, diversity consultant, and feminist known for her work discussing feminism, police violence, tech and pop culture, she wrote the NYT bestseller Hood Feminism
Who is Mikki Kendall?
As the first female Prime Minister of India, she served twice, from 1966-1977, and from 1980 until her assassination by her own bodyguards in 1984
Who is Indira Gandhi?
This 2009 act allows allows unfair pay complaints to be filed and is named after Lilly Ledbetter who sued her employer when she discovered she was being paid less than men doing the same job
What is the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?