Important Dates
She Did What?
Name That Dame
Foreign Females
The 2000's
100
This is the year that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
1955
100
Florence Nightingale was the first nurse to teach what practice that reduced the death count in hospitals by two-thirds?
Basic sanitation between patients
100
She was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
100
This young girls diary has been printed in 70 languages.
Anne Frank
100
This witch won hearts worldwide as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films from 2001-2011.
Emma Watson
200
National Women's Day was first held on February 28th of this year.
1909
200
Annette Kellerman was arrested in 1907 after promoting a woman's right to wear what item?
A fitted one-piece bathing suit.
200
This woman is most well known for her work with primates.
Jane Goodall
200
Irena Sendlerowa became well-known for smuggling approximately 2,500 children out of where?
A concentration camp. (Warsaw)
200
In 2012 which young girls' education activist got shot while on a school bus on her way home from school?
Malala Yousafzai
300
In this year, the 19th amendment granted all American women the right to vote.
1920
300
Nadia Comaneci was the first woman to score perfectly in which Olympic sport?
Gymnastics
300
She was the first programmer in history, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's "Analytical Engine".
Ada Lovelace
300
Kate Sheppard was the leader of Women's Suffrage in this country, which was the first to give women the right to vote.
New Zealand
300
Ava DuVernay became the first African American female director to earn a Golden Globe nomination in this year.
2014
400
This is the year that Victoria Woodhull became the first female presidential candidate in the United States.
1872
400
Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run what race in 1967?
The Boston Marathon
400
She was a Romanian engineer who was one of the first women to obtain a degree in engineering.
Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu
400
Sarla Thakral was the first ________ woman to fly an aircraft after obtaining her Aviation Pilot License in 1936.
Indian
400
Michelle Bachelet is sworn in as Chile's first woman president in this year.
2006
500
This is a picture of the Women's Liberation Coalition Marching For Equal Pay in what year?
1970
500
Simone De Beauvoir was a French feminist who wrote this book in 1971. This book was "a French petition signed by 343 women 'who had the courage to say, 'I've had an abortion.'".
"The Manifesto of The 343"
500
This woman was the first to give up her seat on a bus on March 2, 1955.
Claudette Colvin
500
This Russian woman was the first to have flown in space in 1963.
Valentina Tereshkova
500
In which year did actresses "black out" the Golden Globes in honor of the #TimesUp movement?
2018