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In 1978, this state held the first "Women's History Week" celebration in the nation.
A. New York
B. California
C. Washington
D. Oregon
What is California?
Green represents this.
A. Love
B. Envy
C. Nature
D. Togetherness
What is nature?
As a teen this woman helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory.
A. Pocahontas
B. Sacagawea
C. Lozen
D. Dahteste
What is Sacagawea?
In 1928, this woman became a celebrity after becoming the first female passenger to cross the Atlantic by airplane. In 1932, she became the first woman to make a nonstop solo transatlantic flight, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for her achievement. In 1937, during an attempt to become the first woman to complete a circumnavigational flight of the globe, flying a Lockheed Model 10-E Electra airplane, Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared near Howland Island in the central Pacific Ocean.
A. Bessie Coleman
B. Amelia Earhart
C. Harriet Quimby
D. Eileen Collins
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This woman is a novelist and is lauded for being the first Black woman in history to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. Her remarkable novels, essays, and poems focus on race, gender, cultural identity, and the Black American experience in an unjust society.
A. Alice Walker
B. Maya Angelou
C. Octavia Butler
D. Toni Morrison
Who is Toni Morrison?
This is the year when Congress passed Public Law 100-9, designating March as “Women’s History Month.”
A. 1978
B. 1987
C. 1989
D. 1991
What is 1987?
Purple represents women and this ________.
A. Equity
B. Equality
C. Freedom
D. Inclusion
What is Equality?
This woman the "Declaration of Sentiments" adding the word women into the Declaration of Independence. She also collaborated with Susan B Anthony. She wrote three volumes of the History of Woman Suffrage with Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage. She died 18 years before women gained the right to vote.
A. Jane Addams
B. Betsy Ross
C. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
D. Sojourner Truth
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
Due to discrimination in the United States, this woman went to France to attend an aviation school to become a pilot. In 1921, she became the first African American woman and first Native American to obtain an international pilot’s license. In 1922, she went back to the United States and became a stunt pilot. She used her fame to fight racism and segregation, refusing to fly in shows that forced Black and white spectators to enter through separate gates.
A. Amelia Earhart
B. Willa Brown
C. Bessie Coleman
D. Katherine Stinson
Who is Bessie Coleman?
This woman is an American diplomat and political scientist. She served as the 64th United States secretary of state under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. She was the first woman to hold the position.
A. Madeleine Albright
B. Condoleezza Ricec
C. Frances Perkins
D. Hilary Clinton
Who is Madeleine Albright?
Since this year, each president has issued an annual proclamations designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month.”
A. 1991
B. 1993
C. 1995
D. 1997
What is 1995?
Purple symbolizes this.
A. loyalty, respect, hustle
B. Love and motherhood
C. Femininity
D. dignity, honor, justice, and visionary thinking
What is dignity, honor, justice, and visionary thinking?
After risking her life to bring supplies and support to wounded soldiers during the Civil War, this woman earned the title as “Angel of the Battlefield". In 1881, she founded the American Red Cross at the age of 59 where she served as president until the age of 83; retiring in 1904
A. Jane Addams
B. Eleanor Roosevelt
C. Clara Barton
D. Bessie Coleman
Who is Clara Barton?
This woman was a former first lady of the USA. Since her husband had contracted polio in 1921 and couldn’t move without a wheelchair or crutches and couldn't do his presidential duties, she became his “eyes, ears, and legs.” She travelled the country to report on how Americans were living and who was being treated unfairly and gave speeches urging people to treat children, women, and racial minorities with respect and fairness. She changed what it meant to be a first lady, using her influence to help other Americans. Even after her husband died in 1945, other presidents wanted her help as well. President Harry S. Truman, who became president after Roosevelt, sent her as a delegate to the United Nations.
A. Martha Washington
B. Dolley Madison
C. Abigail Adams
D. Eleanor Roosevelt
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
This woman is an American Football Official. She became the first full-time female NFL official in 2015, and her milestones have inspired women throughout the sports industry. She became the first female on-field official in playoff history in 2019. Two years later, Thomas made history as the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl.
A. Bessie Coleman
B. Rachel Balkovec
C. Sarah Thomas
D. Phyllis George
Who is Sarah Thomas?
The movement for women to have the right to vote became known as the this movement.
A. Suffragist
B. Abolitionist
C. Temperance
D. Emanicipation
What is Suffragist?
Green symbolizes this
A. Hope, new beginnings, and growth
B. Rebirth
C. Faith, joy, and love
D. Patience, Peace, and prosperity
What is hope, new beginnings, and growth?
In 1872, this woman was arrested in her hometown of Rochester, New York, for voting in violation of laws that allowed only men to vote. She was convicted in a widely publicized trial. Although she refused to pay the fine, the authorities declined to take further action.
A. Rosa Parks
B. Susan B. Anthony
C. Ida B. Wells
D. Elizabeth Cady Stantan
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
This woman was a surgeon and oncologist. She is credited as having been among the cancer researchers to discover chemotherapy. In 1964, she was the only woman among seven physicians who helped to found the American Society of Clinical Oncology. In 1971, she was the first woman elected president of the New York Cancer Society. She was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to serve on the National Cancer Advisory Board (aka the National Cancer Advisory Council) from 1966 to 1970 and the President’s Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke from 1964 to 1965.
A. Jane Cooke Wright
B. Rachna Shroff
C. Solange Peters
D. Elizabeth Blackwell
Who is Jane Cooke Wright?
This woman is an American activist for women's pay equality. She filed suit in 1998 against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, her former employer, due to being paid significantly less than her male colleagues. Her story caught the attention of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who helped enact the Fair Pay Act, helping employees win pay discrimination claims beyond the six-month period and was signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2009.
A. Lilly Ledbetter
B. Rachel Balkovec
C. Sarah Thomas
D. Madeleine Albright
Who is Lilly Ledbetter?
Campaigns for women's rights started in this century.
A. 17th
B. 18th
C. 19th
D. 20th
What is the 19th?
White signifies this.
A. equity and inclusion
B. hope, faith, and growth
C. equality, freedom, purity, and truth
D. dignity, honor, and respect
What is equality, freedom, purity, and truth?
This woman is an early 19th century activist who drastically changed the medical field during her lifetime. She championed causes for both the mentally ill and indigenous populations. She was known for treating both Confederate and Union soldiers. Her work in support of better care for the mentally ill culminated in the restructuring of many hospitals both in the United States and abroad.
A. Clara Barton
B. Dorothea Dix
C. Laura Cornelius Kellogg
D. Jane Cooke Wright
Who is Dorothea Dix?
This woman pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today’s WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems. She was dubbed “the mother of Wi-Fi”. During WWII, she and George Antheil came up with an extraordinary new communication system used with the intention of guiding torpedoes to their targets in war.
A. Grace Hopper
B. Hedy Lamarr
C. Ada Lovelace
D. Beatrix Potter
Who is Hedy Lamarr?
This woman is an American Baseball Manager. She made history in 2022 when she was named the first woman to manage an affiliate of an MLB team, which is a Single–A minor league team, the Tampa Tarpons. Before the New York Yankees hired her to lead its Low-A Tampa Tarpons, she worked as the team’s minor league hitting coach. She is currently the director of player development for the Miami Marlins.
A. Sarah Thomas
B. Helene Britton
C. Linda Cohn
D. Rachel Balkovec
Who is Rachel Balkovec?