Women's History Month
When did March become Women's History month in the United States?
March 1987
Who was the first African American poet to recite her poem "And Still I Rise" at an Inaugural Recitation (1993)?
Maya Angelou
In 1993 Carey Schueler became the first woman drafted in which sport?
A. Basketball
B. Football
C. Hockey
D. Baseball
D. Baseball
First female Vice President of the US of America.
Kamala Harris
Who was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972)
Shirley Chisholm
What date is International Women's day?
March 8
Beyoncé has won the most Grammy Awards of all time, but how many has she won?
32 Grammy Awards
Who is the most decorated gymnast in World Championships and Olympics history?
Simone Biles
Women's suffrage is the right of women to...
a) bear arms
b) to vote in elections
c) to own property
d) to attend school...to vote in elections.
Who was a key member of the team that determined the trajectory of the Apollo mission that took humans to the moon?
Katherine Johnson
Which African American woman because the first Female Principal Dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre?
a) Debra Austin
b) Michaela DePrince
c) Misty Copeland
d) Gabby Douglas
Who was the first African American woman to win the Noble Prize for Literature?
a) Zora Neale Hurston
b) Toni Morrison
c) Lorraine Hansberry
Toni Morrison
Who currently holds the World Record for the 100 meter dash?
Sha'Carri Richardson
The first black woman to serve as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Who (woman) was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
First US territory (state) to grant women rights to vote
Wyoming
I was the first female hip-hop recording artist to get nominated for an Oscar.
A) Nicki Minaj
B) Queen Latifah
C) Missy Elliot
D) Rita Owens
B) Queen Latifah
Who currently hold the NCAA Division 1 scoring record in basketball (for men and women)?
Caitlin Clark
Who was first female US Supreme Court Judge?
A) Sandra Day O'Connor
B) Amy Coney Barrett
3) Nancy Reagan
Sandra Day O'Connor
What year did Women's History Day (then month) start as a celebration to commemorate garment workers in NYC?
1909
Where was the first Women's Rights Convention held?
a) Massachusetts
b) Connecticut
c) Rhode Island
d) New York
New York (Seneca Falls)
Co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association, which Mexican American woman is one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century?
Dolores Huerta
Which former world No. 1 in women's single tennis is also the first Asian and Haitian woman to earn this honor?
Naomi Osaka
Who wrote the first version of the Equal Rights Amendment, in 1923?
Alice Paul
The first black woman to go into space
Mae Jemison